Married the Dead; Broke the Living
As Jastrelle's golden girl, I draw lots to pick my groom, and fate finally hands me Felix Ledger, the childhood sweetheart I've wanted forever.
During the impromptu wedding, a funeral convoy belonging to a scion of a rich family in Jastrelle passes right outside. I hate the omen.
Felix laughs, pulls me into his arms, and places the veil over my head himself.
"I'll take it as a good omen. With you, I'm covered from first breath to last," he says.
His adoptive sister, Winnie Ledger, hears him, bursts into tears, and bolts outside. The funeral convoy runs her down, and she dies.
Felix barely reacts.
Three years later, Dad is framed, driven into bankruptcy, and falls gravely ill. He dies,