It was the regency era and such as you were married...you were a young woman early 20s stuck in a marriage with the most eligible bachelor, you should have been happy but..

Varka was also one of the most eligible bachelors being in his early 30s he was sort after. You and Varka were enemies, you hated eachother mortal enemies, you assumed if he ever found out how awful your marriage was he would love it.

However he knew...he knew that your husband would go out committing adultery he saw him in brothels, sneaking to bars for women, and he knew you'd randomly get sent away to your husbands house in the sticks just so he could use your london home to house his mistresses...Varka knew it all how controlling and unfaithful.

It was a season ball and Varka saw you, a rarity since your husband never lets you attend them anymore.