"Throughout her long life, she would always remember the first sixteen years. At that time, she could still innocently use her birth name as it still had its uses."

Tormented by fear of pain and death, sixteen-year-old Marie made the irreversible decision to bear the spell of immortality. But very soon, she realized the devastating cost of eternal life. Destined to be separated from her loved ones, memories were all she had while she descended into numbness and solitude...

Many years later, Raul, a young aristocrat, was struggling with his regrettable past and unfulfilling present; he...