With the departure of their most recent houseguest, former noblewoman Lysithea Del Arman and broker Taron Cardis can finally relax--and prepare for Lysithea's long-awaited escape across the sea. In one of their many moments of passion, Lysithea even asks Taron to run away with her. However, he coldly turns her down, and she's left reeling at what this could mean for their relationship. Soon, she begins to notice the odd ways Taron has behaved since they met. Is the eerie and unsettling man...

Lysithea Hilenaire Del Arman is a woman on the run. After a dangerous revolt claimed the lives of her family, Lysithea employs the broker, Taron Cardis, to help her escape the kingdom before she meets the same deadly fate. But Taron isn't exactly the easiest man to work with, and the two spend most of their transactional relationship with plenty of bickering and arguing. That is, until an unexpected snowstorm leaves them stranded in an eerie, abandoned mansion. Now, Lysithea and Taron must...

Former noblewoman Lysithea Del Arman is on the run for her life, but has been waylaid at an abandoned mansion with her broker, Taron Cardis. Thanks to a raging snowstorm, she's narrowly missed her opportunity to leave the country by boat and must now wait until spring. But at least with Taron, Lysithea feels safe. Safe from the horrors of the outside world, and especially from Phantom, the assassin who's been hired to kill her. Losing herself in Taron's embrace, Lysithea can't help falling...