**Elizabeth's POV***I saw Julian covering his face in distress. After a few minutes, he sighed heavily."Okay. I'll do that. But this is the last time. I won't let this happen again. Lead the way."Julian walked in the direction of the prison with the Beta guiding him.Watching Julian's back as he left, I realized that Julian was carrying more pressure on his shoulders than I could ever imagine.He was not the cruel and unsympathetic king I had thought he was. On the contrary, he was full of justice and loved his people. He felt sad about sacrificing his people for peace, even though it was the prisoners who were sacrificed.I couldn't help but think about what the female prisoners would go through after being given to the monster.Would the monster eat them? Why did they have to be females? Would the monster also rape them?I shuddered at the scene I imagined.I felt sorry for the female prisoner who was about to be sent to the monster.I hurried back to the table to check the plan

**Elizabeth's POV***I couldn't control a scream at the sight of his bloodied, misshapen hands."Don't come near me! Get away!"He was fucking creepy! With every step he took, red liquid dripped from inside the bandages. Holy cow, is this blood?I kept backing up, and soon my back was touching the wall of the cave. I couldn't back up any further."Don't come near me...don't hurt me..." I begged in fear, tears streaming down my face.He didn't show any mercy and grabbed me by the clothes on my chest."Aaaaahhhh-" I hit his arm in fear.I accidentally pulled loose a blood-stained, wet bandage on his arm, and then something weird happened, a small flame came out of his skin.I was stunned.He quickly covered the flaming skin with his hand and then tied the bandage tightly.The fire...the wet bandage...My brain finally realized, with hindsight, that this strange bandage-covered man was probably the fire-covered monster from the rumors. These wet bandages were used to extinguish the flam

**Elizabeth's POV***Oh, my moon goddess! How is this possible? He's a monster! He's a notorious and ruthlessly cruel monster! He killed his biological mother and his siblings and frequently visited the town to commit horrific massacres! How could he possibly massage me?Wasn't I just a tool for his sexual pleasure?I was in shock when he finished massaging both calves, and then he started massaging my sore thighs.I'm sure he did it out of kindness but not to molest me. Because he wasn't touching my sexual organs at all, he was just soothing my muscular fatigue.I was no less shocked than if I had discovered a new continent for the first time. I opened my eyes in excitement and locked eyes with him.The monster probably didn't notice that the bandage on him was loose. Since his body was submerged in water, the skin that had lost its bandage wrapping did not burst into flames.I could see most of his face. I could hardly believe that a notorious monster could have such a kind and han

**Elizabeth's POV***He hugged me tightly and burst into tears."My moon goddess, I thought you had given up on me. I thought you hated monsters like me, the same as everyone else...I don't, I don't want to be a monster. I don't want to be born in a way that killed my mother. I, I hated myself...""I don't know why I came into this world with a curse. I hate myself and my kind. I despise them for their cruelty and madness. I loathe their enjoyment of going to town to kill and rape. I think they are evil. I was ashamed to be one of them. So I killed them, I killed all my kind in the forbidden valley.""I used to think I was a hero. I thought I would never become as horrible as they were. But when I became an adult, I realized that I was the same as them. I couldn't control my wolf. I couldn't resist my damn instinct to kill and breed. All the white bones in this cave were people I had killed. I swear I didn't mean to kill them. But they just died because of me.""I tried to kill mysel

**Francis's POV***"Yes!" Elizabeth answered me with laughter. As she looked at the ring, her eyes were filled with tenderness and love.My heart felt pain from jealousy, and at the same time was captivated by her beautiful smile.She was killing me and healing me."It's beautiful. It has beautiful patterns on it. He must have taken great care in weaving the ring." I knew what to say to keep her beautiful smile on her face. I wanted to say that, even though the words pierced my heart like knives."Yes. It was elaborate. My husband told me there was a map hidden in the patterns on this ring. Unfortunately, I couldn't read it even after looking at it many times."She took the ring off and showed it to me, "Can you tell there is a map hidden in the patterns? No matter how I look at it, I think it's a normal ornate pattern."I was going crazy with jealousy. That damn man must be the luckiest guy in the world to be her husband.I hated this little ring. It was like a circular seal declari