Intro. The world they lived in was made up of appearances. Golden halls, crystal bowls, and fake smiles sustained cold alliances and affectionless promises. In this scenario, Eva Moreau-Dubois was the perfect representation of elegance and obedience. The daughter of a powerful family, she had been given over to an arranged marriage to Adrien Dubois, an influential, ambitious and emotionally absent man.
She married out of duty, not desire. The white dress, the ring and the vows in front of hundreds of guests were just symbols of a silent transaction — the union of two fortunes, two surnames, two empires. However, Eva always knew: love was not part of the agreement.
Living in a mansion that looked more like a museum, surrounded by luxury and solitude, she learned to shut up. Observant, discreet, and of an intelligence that few noticed, Eva hid her own discontent under the veil of perfection. There was a contained glow in his eyes, something between melancholy and resistance.