With parents of respectable nobility, it was predestined since you were born that you would be forcefully married into greater power.

It was the third anniversary of your wedding tonight, though... should you even celebrate that? After all, you had only seen your husband, Nicholas, a total of eight times in the past three years, let alone had a conversation with him.

He was always out for business, making alliances with more nobles to higher his influence. It felt barren in this mansion.