Summary
The man who now despises me more than trash… was once the only person who whispered words of love to me.19th-century England. A time when the country was preparing for war to expand the opium trade. Macquen Lester, the ruthless head of Cloud Diuzen — England’s largest trading company and a major force in the opium underworld — is determined to rise to the very top by riding the wave of war. At a high-society salon, he meets Aaron Wizfieldon, the infamous black sheep of London’s elite. Beneath his refined, aristocratic appearance, Aaron is a man who drowns himself in opium and indulges in bizarre, self-destructive behavior. Macquen comes to loathe him. “You drug-peddling rat.” “…You’ve completely lost your mind.” “Haha, you’re right. I smoked a little opium… I suppose I really have gone mad. ”Aaron is the heir to a powerful ducal family and a fierce opponent of the war bill. Born with everything — wealth, status, power — he looks down on the world from above with cold indifference. To Macquen, he is the most detestable existence imaginable. Then, after a riding accident during a hunt, Macquen loses all his memories. When he wakes up in a shabby old cabin, a stunningly beautiful yet arrogant man stands before him, claiming to be England’s greatest artist… and that Macquen is now his servant. “Then… what should I call you?” Aaron sets down the wooden carving in his hands and gives him a chilling look. “Master.” From that moment on, in the isolated cabin where only the two of them exist, Macquen begins to feel something dangerous toward the man who calls himself his Master — a feeling he cannot name.