Stella once served as the imperial capital's most revered judicial magistrate until a malicious conspiracy branded her a traitor, falsely blaming her for the murder of Lord Henry's parents. Blinded by bitter hatred, Henry—who had once courted her with tender devotion—forced her into a punitive marriage of cruelty. Subjecting her to physical torment, he finally consigned her to the Shadow Monastery for a memory-stripping soul ritual that wiped clean all recollections of her past life and love.
Broken and hollow, Stella signed an annulment decree and slipped away to a peaceful coastal township. Too late, Henry uncovers the fabricated evidence, slaughtering the true conspirators in a bloody wedding reckoning before scouring the realm in agonizing remorse. When he finally tracks Stella down living peacefully beside a gentle knight, her clear eyes hold zero memory of him. To his desperate pleas for forgiveness, she offers only polite distance.
