When you stand at the top, someone is bound to try to drag you down. If others hold the knife, how can I resign myself to being the fish on the chopping board? I don’t want to be your burden or your weakness. I’ll do my best to protect myself. If I can’t, will you protect me instead? Relying on you is the only bet I’ll make in this life.
Peerlessly graceful, he loves only her. “If I have you, I’ll never desire another.” The missed chances of our past lives and the broken lives we endured: were they fate, or a cycle of rebirth? My fate is mine to command, not Heaven’s. If Heaven is unjust, I’ll defy it and rewrite my destiny. I’ll give myself to the demon and devote my entire life to giving her a life of splendor!
I’ll offer the whole realm as her bride price. If I cannot win your heart, so what if I bring this great kingdom crashing down for you?
The realm or the beauty? I’ve never had to choose. Having you is enough!
I never knew longing until I learned what it was, and then I was consumed by it. Longing is a debt of love!
