When he returned she was looking out the window, already missing her home. At his comment about being the staff’s ‘mistress’ an uncomfortable look crossed her face. Even being Acting Grandmaster she had hated being referred to as ma’am or lady. But she said nothing about it as she put her brush -

𝓓𝑜͟𝑚͟𝑖͟𝑛𝑖𝑞𝑢𝑒 .@bellem0rt.bsky.social · 6mo ago

He stood outside like a guard, hands clasped behind his back. His butler, an elderly man named Sebastian, came over to speak with him. Ensuring his employer was alright and that there was nothing he needed. " It's quite alright, Sebastian. This has been ... a long day. " +

With a sigh she realized that there was no room to argue, and if she was honest, she was too tired to do so. “I…understand.” She said with a small forced smile before he left the room. With a heavy sigh she started to change into bedclothes. Taking off her wedding dress, her mother’s dress, she -

𝓓𝑜͟𝑚͟𝑖͟𝑛𝑖𝑞𝑢𝑒 .@bellem0rt.bsky.social · 6mo ago

He had no doubt, that a middle aged widower wasn't Jean's idea of a perfect husband. And she was certainly not the wife he wanted. He had a wife, Elizabeth. Who was taken from him in such a cruel, sudden manner. Since then, he had abandoned all thoughts of romance and marriage. +

Jean herself was lost deep in her own thoughts as the man that was now her husband paced in front of her. Her wedding day, a day that should have been happy with dancing and drinking late into the night. Yet, Jean felt nothing but a horrible knot in her stomach. She knew she would be sacrificing-

𝓓𝑜͟𝑚͟𝑖͟𝑛𝑖𝑞𝑢𝑒 .@bellem0rt.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Dominique had no interest in marrying again. He'd made that clear to anyone willing to listen. Even Neuvillette, who had initially brought up the idea. It was to prevent war, he told himself as he stood at the altar with the younger — much younger acting Grandmaster of Ordo Favonius. +

@bellem0rt.bsky.social Jean had never liked to get involved in politics, but it seemed that this time she could not escape it. There had been some disputes between the nations of Fontaine and Mondstadt. So it was decided that the best way to solve some of those conflicts was through the bonds of -

Jean Gunnhildr@jeanofdandelion.bsky.social · 6mo ago