Micheline did her best to restrain herself when her aunt Maela entered the small, private dining room that she and her mother had moved to for their surprise reunion dinner. She'd only seen Maela once since returning from the Royal Academy in the summer, and at the time, her aunt seemed distant and distracted, as if she'd lost her sense of direction once her children moved away.
Now, after months of being unable to visit her favorite aunt, she finally got to see her again… Only it came days after receiving the news that her cousin Ashlynn had died and, in a twist of fate so cruel it must have been a joke, Owain Lothian intended to claim her cousin Jocelynn as a replacement bride.
Micheline was no stranger to political marriages. Her parents had been setting matchmaking appointments for her ever since she returned home. She'd never had any illusions that she would be allowed to marry for love, especially when the person she fancied was so far out of reach.
