— WELCOME TO VOLUME 5 —
PROLOGUE
It had been seven months since we returned to Grimsbanne. There were a lot of adjustments at first, keeping everyone in the duchy busy for the first four months. But now, everything had settled down — even I got used to my duties as the Duchess.
I dipped my body in the cold lake I had discovered in one of my morning runs. The water was cold, especially now that it was nighttime, but I liked the view and quietness in here. I gazed up to see the moon shining brightly above.
"How pretty," I adored, smiling amusingly. "It always looks pretty every time I bathe in here."
My brow arched upon hearing a footstep approached me. "It is rude for you to intrude when someone is bathing, Zero."
