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this story has so many layers of intrigue to me
at first i was interested by the premise of a female lead who’s smart and cunning enough to escape prison twice, and yet despite the notroiety you can see how much she cares for other people / how compassionate she is
and then i was intrigued that the man who was ordered to watch her prison transfer turns out to be the man she idolized (a war hero!) during the war and clung to during those darkest times
AND THEN when the twist came and turns out SHE was the person he clung to as a sole surivivor of the hometown he abandoned … by that time my jaw was on the floor
they were so meant to be … i swear they dont make romances like this anymore sjdhdhdhdh the sheer big brain energy of having the hero / villain secretly idolizing each other
the angst of having to lie to the person you love the most …
the longing of wanting to just be held just once
AHHHHHHHH (๑•ㅂ•)و✧