Elle
We both decided that for this to work out, we need a contract.
The terms we come up with are these:
I'll stay engaged to him for a month, and then we'll get married and stay married for one year, so the council doesn't suspect that our relationship is in fact what it is.
A hoax.
During the time we're together he'll ensure my safety and protection and make sure that my uncle's debts are paid off (because those don't just disappear simply because I'm married to him)
After our deal has run its course, I'll disappear from his life and pretend that all of this is nothing but a bad memory.
The only requirement from my end is that I keep my head down and avoid any one-on-ones with the council.
"They'll never fully accept you since you're a traitor's daughter, " he tells me, "But the
