Edenhurst, a beautiful paradise. Anastasia is the only one not permitted within its grace. As she waited for the end of her life, dreaming of a future that would never change, a stranger appeared—a new master who mocks her gods, destroys her paradise, and seeks to consume her. 'You promised you would take me with you.' Mikhail looked down at the woman clinging to him in tears with a look of satisfaction. That was how it had to be. Anastasia had to cling to him and beg. It was the obedience she owed to the one who possessed her. 'I have no obligation to keep that.' A promise is something that can only be established between equals. Anastasia, who is fed, taught, and held by him, has no right to demand promises. She is merely his beautiful possession. Mikhail leaves Anastasia behind to take another woman's hand, not even imagining the consequences that would follow.