Synopsis | Raised in a Buddhist temple, the monk Jo-shin encounters Dal-rye, a dazzlingly beautiful noblewoman, and is shaken by an overwhelming desire he has never known before. But Dal-rye is promised in marriage to Mo-rye, Silla’s greatest hwarang, while Jo-shin himself is a monk forbidden from being close to women. After crossing a forbidden line, Jo-shin and Dal-rye abandon everything and flee together. In a distant place, they build a new life, accumulate wealth, and appear to have formed a stable family. Yet as time passes, love gives way to distrust and obsession, while the shadows of the past slowly tighten around them. Caught between desire and guilt, love and possessiveness, Jo-shin is forced to confront the true nature of the happiness he once dreamed of.