“So, Rookie how’s the new ‘fiancé’ she compliment enough?” Mark Venus asks me as he moves his check piece. We hold a monthly chess tournament, but I may need to stop this if he doesn’t shut his mouth.

I was recently engaged. Well…forced engagement really. I don’t want this and by the look on her face when her father demanded she marry me, she didn’t want this either. But here we are…

“She will be. She’s a docile little thing anyways” I reply to keep him quiet and happy as I move my Knight.