Jjk Second Years Novels & Stories

The sound of distant bells - announcement bells, ceremonial bells - threaded through the hall, low and inevitable. She felt her plan take shape in the space between Lady Vale’s ultimatum and the ceremony’s looming circle. She could accept the bargain in name and still refuse to be obedient in spirit. She could stand beside Rowan and not let them decide her silence for her. If they wanted a second wife, she would give them one. But the realm would hear why she was second. Her throat tightened as she swallowed. “You can call it compliance,” she said to Lady Vale. “I’ll call it survival.”