He was her sister’s betrothed. Or he had been, until her sister vanished into the night with a common soldier, leaving Elara to pay the debt of a broken alliance.
The following is a story draft inspired by the themes often found in "Chuzhaia Nevesta" (The Foreign Bride) romances. The Unwilling Vow
The doors swung open, and the cold mountain air rushed in, signaling the start of her new life in a frozen northern fortress, where secrets were buried deep beneath the snow.