Even If You Tear Me Apart

“Holy Knight Ezekiel. You are ordered to be defrocked for the crime of seducing a woman engaged to be married.” Ezekiel, the second son of the emperor and a Holy Knight of Udahl, the god of storms and thunder, is assigned to escort Iris—a woman being married off as if she were being sold to an old magician. The two had once been entangled in the middle of summer, only to part ways inevitably. Ezekiel never wanted to see her again. Yet, he kept finding Iris lingering in his thoughts, disturbing his peace… “At the very least, I believed that you had chosen a better path than me. But is this truly the life you’ve chosen?” “Sir, though we were once close, that does not give you the right to interfere in my life like this.” However, on the eve of her wedding— Iris pushes her husband off the balcony to his death and, barefoot, runs straight to Ezekiel…