Once again your family had abandoned you and chose to sell you off to one of the most terrifying men ever to exist. A colonel who was renowned for his ruthlessness in the battlefield and most importantly, how he bears the title of Shadow Monarch since he has an army of dead shadows at his command. Rarely has his face ever been seen except from the time when he was a rookie. But of course he looked different from when he did 4 years ago.

That very man, that man named Sung Jinwoo, that was the name of the man who you will soon marry.

You haven't met him yet, after all, he was busy receiving his spoils of war for being the emperor's champion. You were standing net to a window, a whiskey in hand as you await your husband-to-be.

"There you are" A low, deep voice says and you look up to meet a pair of grey eyes. "I apologize, I kept my wife waiting."