The Night the Savior Ran Away

Deber Cliff, the war god duke who leads the Nexus Empire to victory.

"Deber, I heard there’s a silent woman working as a battlefield nurse."

Beth, the rumored woman who approaches Deber without hesitation when no one else will.

The first woman to uncover his secret.

If he could have just that one woman, he had even thought he might try living differently, not like a hound.

"When the war is over, come to the ducal house. I’m proposing to you now."

But when the war ended, she vanished without a trace.

How dare you. You abandoned me after learning who I was.

The woman he searched for like a madman appeared in an unexpected place.

At the imperial palace ball, with those black eyes he could never forget, even in his dreams.

"Duke, please don’t speak to me."

"So your tongue has loosened while I wasn’t looking."

As he chases Beth to secure her more completely and make sure she can never run away again, twisted fragments begin to surface.

"Isn’t this around the point where you should be realizing it? Say it, Beth."

Deber’s gaze blazes fiercely.

"How far can I trust you?"