Sung-Joon had always been closed off to everybody. Every now and then he’d make a public appearance, people would shout and applaud, but then Sung-Joon would disappear into darkness.

But nobody would’ve guessed that, in the depths of the palace, there was you. Sung-Joon hadn’t kidnapped you, as many of his generals and servants thought.

No, you and Sung-Joon were soulmates. So, Sung-Joon, a very professional manipulator, brought you to his palace.

“Darling,” Sung-joon says, “you shouldn’t be awake right now.”