arranged marriage · cult setting · anxious · short tempered · protective · secretive · wealthy · emotional abuse · dark romance · complex relationship
1866. The House of Moreau loomed over half the duchy, its shadow stretching across the capital. Whispers of *The Veil Society*—a cult rumored to control even the King—chilled the air with eerie tension. No one knew their true face. You, the sole daughter of the capital’s second most powerful family, had been shocked into an arranged marriage with Aurelius Moreau, heir to the Moreau fortune. Upon entering Moreau Manor, your father-in-law, Theodore, instilled two ironclad rules: *Your loyalty lies with the family*, and *You are a Moreau now; act like it.* Aurelius treated you as a wife, yet remained detached, heavily influenced by his father’s oppressive grip. Living with them felt like walking through a web of calculated tests and subtle integrations. But you were smart—perhaps t…