I was a detached person, and I thought I'd always be that way. It was only after I met you that I understood: all those years of indifference had been a way to hide my heart, so that I could give all the love of my life to you. The moment I became your wife, I was yours for life.
Among countless people, on a battlefield where life and death hung in the balance, you said, "I've come to take my woman home."
Your voice was calm and unruffled, yet my heart trembled for a long, long time.
This novel and its characters are entirely fictional. Any resemblance is purely coincidental. Do not imitate.
