C297 I Heard That Love Has Come Before

At ten years old, I endured a whipping, salt rubbed into my wounds, and was left to hang at the city gates under the scorching sun for a day. Had I been any weaker, I wouldn't have survived that year. From that moment, I realized I was destined to be nothing more than a guard.

A guard, in essence, means a personal protector.

"All my lavish dreams were just that—unrealistic fantasies. And you