Isabella's Sealed Fate

The Duke asks for my hand in marriage?

The nerve!

I confided in this man with my darkest secrets,

He knows I value my chastity even over my brother’s life.

How dare he strip me of my independence?

How dare he take away my future at the convent?

He thinks this is what I want,

That everything will be a happy ever after.

I have no choice,

None of these women have a choice.

But I owe the Duke my all,

He saved my brother from death’s claws,

He fooled the devil into taking another woman.

Therefore I am grateful.

I will be a humble wife,

A quiet wife,

Just like society broke me to be.