Jared Castion is the second son of a powerful duke, a man who commands both politics and finance. He is the Empire's celebrated hero, the savior who protected the people from monstrous beasts. Yet a whisper follows him: "How pitiful. Of all the memories to lose, why did it have to be the ones where he loved so desperately?" He remembers none of it. But for seven years, he was my lover. I was always told he was too good for me. "Do you think love alone can overcome everything? Do you believe my son could be happy, carrying the cruelty tainted by your hands?" So when he began to court my childhood friend, mistaking her for me, I stayed silent. He would be happier with someone of her talent and status. But then he approached me. "You," he said, his gaze searching. "Have we... really never met before?" Why does he, even without his memories, keep finding his way back to me? "You made me do something insane," he confesses, his voice low. "Something I'd never do." Is he breaking down the last fortress I built inside myself? "You can't get rid of me now, Luiche," he insists. "Take responsibility—for the mess you've made of me."