Troubled times are long gone, and the noble family of defenders has grown poor—but the pride of its members remains wildly inflated. All marriage candidates from wealthy houses were refused: not one of them satisfied the heir of a once-mighty family.
It’s not easy to find yourself among the rejected, and it’s even harder to face within the walls of a school a new teacher—an unsuccessful suitor who sent a polite refusal.
Unfortunately, there is no real choice: Providence has other plans for an outsider from an ancient family and for me, who just happened to be on his path.