About the Book

Nine years ago, Song Tae-ryun’s life was changed forever. Kidnapped at just 17 and held as a prisoner, her days were spent in a small room dressed as a living doll. Her tormentor, whom she calls the devil, insists on absolute obedience and has used hypnotic suggestions and drugs to have his way. For years, he continued to insist that he is protecting her from the dangers of her world to show his love for her. His only weakness is a mysterious ailment that seems to be worsening. Is he really protecting her or is he the psychopath Tae-Yang imagines him to be?

Lee Soo is delivering dinner to a strange residence when a beautiful woman behind a locked door stares at him in shock through the glass. Begging for his help, pleading, she slowly sinks to the floor. Leaving his delivery, he returns again a few days later only to see the same woman who, this time, gives him a scribbled message written on a torn piece of linen.

"Mom, I'm alive."

Was this meeting fate? Or is something more sinister at play? Follow the story of Song Tae-ryun and Lee Soo as the truth about the devil, Lee Soo and Tae-ryun are revealed. As events unfold and the past is revisited, will Tae-Yang's life be irrevocably altered once again?