The Obsessive Male Lead Is Actually Scary

Unlike how the novel described it, the supposedly heartwarming first meeting between Marius and Sonia at that grand ball was, in truth, a deliberate move: the start of Marius’s carefully planned attempt to finally get close to the girl he’d long been obsessed with.

That moment at the cliffs too—yes, the final Chapter of The Crimson Devotion before it was abruptly abandoned and left unfinished for years...

I couldn’t remember exactly what happened there, and the novel itself had ended on a cliffhanger without ever describing it. But I remembered, with painful clarity, what the real Sonia had felt that day.

Sorrow. Heartbreak... and betrayal.

Just remembering it was enough to make my chest sting.

Because I’d known that feeling too, once. In the life I had before all this.

"You’ve told me most of what you remember, so I guess there’s nothing more I need to ask," Alessio said, leaning back in his chair, arms crossed with a thoughtful look. "Though... I know there are still some major events you were involved in. I take it you haven’t recalled those yet."

A quiet beat passed before he continued. "So, would you like to hear my side of the story now?"

"Yes."

I nodded, eyes sharpening, ready to finally hear the truth behind the question I had asked him earlier.

"Do you know the Kingdom of Verenze?"