For eighteen years, Adrina, a curse made flesh, was known to the world by another name, Adrian.

Taking the place of her younger brother, who was buried beneath the earth along with her cut hair, she entered the knighthood of Palessa. There, she gained a far harsher title, the Mad Dog of the Palessa Palace.

Like a stray bound only by orders, she wandered from one knightly post to another, until she was finally assigned as the personal escort of Duke Julius. It was there that she encountered something far worse than the life she had endured so far, a true curse.

"The Duke should be only a year older than me... Then why...?"