“Brother, you know, I’ve been feeling strange when I wake up lately.” Estella Ignacio was the youngest daughter of a renowned writer. She lost her mother early, and her father, Count Ignacio, as well as her brothers, died on the battlefield. She was taken in by the Duke of Montserrat, a comrade of her father, and lived in the Duke's household. There, she grew close to Mathias, the Duke's son, developing a warm sibling-like bond. One day, Estella confided in Mathias that she felt heavy when she woke up. Unbeknownst to her, as soon as she fell asleep, the gentle and kind Mathias would pound her. “Hmm, yes, brother…” Occasionally, Estella would call out for Mathias in her sleep, as if asking him to chase away the man that raped her in dreams. Yet, what she didn’t realize was that Mathias was the one raping her in reality. Leaning closer, he whispered to her, “Brother is here.”