Don’t Grab the Broken Branch

When her father’s political scheme—causing a rebellion in a neighboring country to make his son-in-law king — failed,

Deadache lost her fiancé and narrowly avoided a catastrophe for her family.

As a result, she was forced into an arranged marriage with the Emperor’s favorite knight.

As a duke’s daughter, marrying a knight would normally be seen as an insult.

But the real issue was who the knight was.

Lucius Elliot—the Emperor’s favorite knight—was none other than her former lover, whom she had been forced to break up with six years ago due to her father’s disapproval.

Lucius, once her passionate and affectionate partner, was revealed—through a duke’s ploy—to be an illegitimate child, leading to the loss of his title and land.

Misunderstood and disgraced, he broke up with Deadache and was sent to the battlefield.

Now, six years later, the two meet again—with roles reversed, old wounds unhealed, and emotions buried deep.

Deadache’s heart begins to ache again… as she struggles to understand Lucius' intentions—Is it revenge? Or is it regret?