<p>I inherited many things that once belonged to my dead sister.</p>
<p>The dresses and jewelry she treasured, the tapestries and books that adorned her room, her maids&mdash;</p>
<p>even her fianc&eacute;.Then, on the day my sister&mdash;whom everyone believed to be dead&mdash;returned alive,</p>
<p>everything was returned to its rightful owner as if it were only natural.Everything except one thing:</p>
<p>my sister&rsquo;s fianc&eacute;&mdash;the monstrous Grand Duke, rumored to devour human hearts while they were still beating.&ldquo;Die in my place, Eve. That would be better, wouldn&rsquo;t it? If you die&hellip; there&rsquo;s no one who would grieve for you anyway.&rdquo;After realizing that my entire life had been an elaborate sham,</p>
<p>a fraud designed solely to make me my sister&rsquo;s substitute,</p>
<p>I headed for the monster&rsquo;s castle with one purpose alone: to die.&ldquo;I heard you look like a monster.&rdquo;</p>
<p>&ldquo;I&rsquo;ve never been ugly for even a single second of my life.&rdquo;I was definitely planning to die, but instead&mdash;&ldquo;You shouldn&rsquo;t smoke so much. You&rsquo;ll ruin your health.&rdquo;</p>
<p>&ldquo;Huh? I&rsquo;m immortal, so it doesn&rsquo;t matter. Pretty awesome, right?&rdquo;</p>
<p>&ldquo;&hellip;Where on earth did you learn to talk like that?&rdquo;&hellip;So why am I living a bizarre newlywed life</p>
<p>with this shameless man?</p>