Emperor Minchester (Linden's dad), Marquess El Clorance (Elise's dad) and Marian Childe (Michael's mom) were all friends. Teresa (Elise's Mom) and Rebecca (Linden's Mom) are friends, who passed by the trio. Minchester and El both fell for Teresa. Teresa chose El.
Minchester was sad and Rebecca comforted him. They both fell in love. They got married and he wanted her to be the Empress. The Childe family opposed it. The compromise was that Michael's mom would be the Queen(lower than the empress).
All was good, Minchester and Rebecca had three children, The first imperial prince, The first imperial Princess, Evelyn and the second imperial prince, Linden. Marian also had Michael , but she was still jealous.
The Childe family fabricated a story that Rebecca and Evelyn badmouthed some nobles and pushed for Rebecca to be deposed. So that Marian would be the most powerful in the palace. Minchester knew it was fabricated and told them that he would get them out of confinement. Rebecca and Evelyn couldn't take all the mental damage and both committed suicide by falling off the ledge. Linden saw them commit suicide, and he was traumatized.
After that Linden and Michael's relationship started souring. Marian was confined indefinitely and she went insane. The first imperial prince died in the Angelique war. Linden became the Crown Prince (Linden is probably older that Michael).
For reader like me the characters are just soap opera stupid.
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Emperor Minchester (Linden's dad), Marquess El Clorance (Elise's dad) and Marian Childe (Michael's mom) were all friends. Teresa (Elise's Mom) and Rebecca (Linden's Mom) are friends, who passed by the trio. Minchester and El both fell for Teresa. Teresa chose El.
Minchester was sad and Rebecca comforted him. They both fell in love. They got married and he wanted her to be the Empress. The Childe family opposed it. The compromise was that Michael's mom would be the Queen(lower than the empress).
All was good, Minchester and Rebecca had three children, The first imperial prince, The first imperial Princess, Evelyn and the second imperial prince, Linden. Marian also had Michael , but she was still jealous.
The Childe family fabricated a story that Rebecca and Evelyn badmouthed some nobles and pushed for Rebecca to be deposed. So that Marian would be the most powerful in the palace. Minchester knew it was fabricated and told them that he would get them out of confinement. Rebecca and Evelyn couldn't take all the mental damage and both committed suicide by falling off the ledge. Linden saw them commit suicide, and he was traumatized.
After that Linden and Michael's relationship started souring. Marian was confined indefinitely and she went insane. The first imperial prince died in the Angelique war. Linden became the Crown Prince (Linden is probably older that Michael).
For reader like me the characters are just soap opera stupid.