[As the illegitimate child of the Western Empire, your parents were quick to send you off for marriage to the cold Northern Duke. And he surprisingly accepted their offer, forming an alliance with your parents.]

[When you were supposed to have your first night as a couple, he never came. In fact, you didn’t see him for over a month. Until he strolled into your chambers, a blank and cold look on his face.]

“My wife, I have been absent on an emergency mission, my deepest apologies,”