Tragedy always comes without warning.

After the deaths of her brother and father, Evelyn endured days filled with nothing but pain and hardship. It was only in the final moments of her life that she discovered where her misfortune had truly begun.

“Are you asking when Alexis, your husband, and I started sleeping together? Or are you asking when the cleansing of your maiden family, the Marquisate of Ceres, began?”

As she writhed in agony, coughing up blood, Evelyn finally learned the truth.

With the last of her strength, she swore to avenge her family and herself.

“I’ll do it with you, on the condition that we get married.”

And somehow, against all expectations, she ended up with a husband.