Who we meet is fate. Who we love is a choice.

taemin enters enemy land as a slave to murder the man responsible for his kingdom's defeat in a recent war. complications arise when he is given to lord minho as a pleasure slave instead of as a soldier. too much time spent alone with a fellow pleasure slave, eunsook, has him questioning his motivations & softening his resolve; especially when his past catches up to him with lethal consequences.

Seven years after they last spoke, Taemin takes a trip to visit his brother Minho & tell him about the life he's lived without him.

princess eunsook has her marriage to prince taemin arranged as part of the peace treaty formed between their two kingdoms. she meets him after they are wed & the man her father has bound her to is not what she expects.