My Beloved Master
Sold into servitude since childhood, Ruka has known only hardship and cruelty. Her latest master, a vile court officer, nearly drowns her in a fit of rage. Just as despair threatens to consume her, a mysterious, powerful merchant, Kaito Tsukimori, intervenes, buying her for a thousand gold bars. Now, thrust into his opulent estate, Ruka finds herself in a world unlike any she's known. Is this a new prison, or a chance for a life she never dared dream of? Can she guard her heart in the presence of a man so calm, so distant, yet who saved her life?