Catching the runaway flower
Chapter 1 *** A passenger ship heading north from the southernmost part of the Wesden Empire. Once a luxurious cruise ship, converted to a warship during the war, and once again a passenger ship after the war ended, the ship was crowded with people returning home. The aftermath of the war was still fresh, so their clothes were ragged, but their faces were bright. Even their thin cheeks and wrinkled foreheads glowed with hope for a brighter future. So was Charlotte, barely an adult but with rosy...
*** The diamond ring was tossed into the corner. Her wedding dress was torn to shreds. Despite the beastly man's rampage, no one came to Charlotte's aid. For there was no one in the Wesden Empire who could stop him. "So you enjoyed your escape?" The man buried his nose and lips in the nape of Charlotte's neck, like a beast biting his prey's throat. His sense of smell, malfunctioning and unable to smell anything, picked up the scent with alacrity. The overpowering scent of freesia permeated his...