Two families that viciously despise each other—the Vermonte family and the Temnes family.
Clodel becomes a scapegoat for a forced reconciliation and is made the bride of Kaian, the Duke of Temnes.

“So you’re a bride who won’t be welcomed by Temnes. Know your place, and walk in on your own two feet.”

Kaian, heir to a house locked in a long feud, treats her with cold disdain.

“How admirable. So you came to sell your body to a man from the enemy family because of starving children.”

For him, it was an unwanted marriage.
For her, it was a marriage she chose.
Clodel endured the humiliation poured onto her—
because she hadn’t come here without knowing what awaited her.

And yet, between the two of them, a husband-and-wife bond begins to take root.

Little by little, he becomes obsessed with Clodel, and she finds hope for living through Kaian.
But a shallow, unstable relationship is easily shattered and ruined.

“It’s horrifying to have filthy blood mixed in. And you can’t exactly cut a child in half.”

After learning her husband’s true feelings, Clodel leaves him.