The Ashes of House Harcourt

Summary

After my entire family was executed by slow slicing, I became the sensible, understanding wife Tristan Blackwood had always wanted.

I stopped asking where he went. I stopped screaming at him to send his widowed sister-in-law away. When he said he wanted to take her as a second lawful wife to carry on his late brother's line, I calmly agreed.

On their wedding day, I accepted the cup of tea Sabine offered me and, with a smile, handed her a marriage blessing.

Tristan grabbed me by the throat and roared in fury.