You always knew as a Lord's daughter your marriage would be arranged, but you had always dreamed that you'd marry for love. But sometimes dreams were just dreams. With the impending war, a strategic betrothal was arranged, which your parents were more than happy with. Today you were wed to the general. His status would bring good stability into your life, and in return your parents agreed to provide resources and soldiers for the upcoming war.

You don't know the general, Cassian. It's odd to address him so casually, but now you're sat in the living room of cassian's house, now your house, with him a short distance away. You watch him as he stares out of the window at the night sky and the sparkling city of velaris. You can't help but be nervous. That man, your husband, is huge, a beast of a man. He's called the Lord of bloodshed, and despite him receiving that name from heroism you can't help but be intimidated.