Married To The Mad Vampire Lord novel Chapter 535

Chapter 535: Ruined

Winter faded little by little, the snow in the mountainside melting into the soft, wet earth. The cold air that once made the atmosphere freezing grew warmer each morning, and the hard frost on the grass slowly disappeared. Small shoots of green pushed through the soil, and the breeze lost its bite, carrying a hint of freshness. Spring arrived quietly, settling over the land like a gentle promise that the long winter was finally over.

The lands that had been ruined by the disaster slowly began to build back to normal, or so they tried, but many of the wealthy families were forced back to the life of the middle class, and some who didn’t save their wealth outside their lands were moved down to the lower class. Many arrogant nobles were humbled, and many moved away from the cities they had grown up in to hide their shame and disgrace at becoming poor after living in luxury. The Dawsons were part of the families who had fallen from grace and had no choice but to move.

The royal title had fallen from their hands, and though they didn’t go completely poor, still being related to the past royals, they were not considered anywhere close to rich. Their house was burned down with everything in it, and not having a choice, they moved into the new boarding homes built in Aragonia by the people of other lands who weren’t affected by the disaster and came to relieve them of their loss. The boarding houses were not even a quarter as big as their old home, but because it was the only place available, many Aragonian families moved there until they became financially stable again.

Just like many who had lost their things, the Dawsons’ only hope now was to urge their daughter into marrying a wealthy man, more accurately, one of the men who were building the new boarding places in their land and doing business there. Now that many had lost their wealth, these people who came from other foreign lands were like kings to them, for they flaunted their wealth and riches openly.

"You are our only hope, Eve, and you have to marry. Mr. Edgerton, for example, looks interested in you. At least show some interest too, so he can be encouraged to approach your father to ask for your hand in marriage," Louisiana Dawson said to her daughter, who was pouting and looking at her reflection in the mirror.

Genevieve had lost her glow, and even bathing every day was becoming an issue in this place because of the lack of water, as the fire had dried up many wells. Water had to be carried in from faraway rivers into the lousy boarding houses, where one never had a moment of silence or peace because of the constant noise and fights among neighbors. If one got lucky enough to bathe once a week, then it was pure luck, for every single drop of water was treasured in this place.

Hearing her mother’s words did nothing but add to Eve’s buildup of irritation. "Mr. Edgerton? Mama, do you hear yourself? That man is older than Papa!" she cried. "How can I be with someone like that?"

Louisiana, who had hoped to talk her daughter into marrying that man, who came from a foreign land, where he was said to be an ambassador and have riches enough to own the entire boarding places in Aragonia, frowned.

"Do you have any options? No Aragonian man will marry you now that we have fallen from grace, and many of them have fallen too. The other young men who came from the foreign land are all married, with wives back home. Marrying a man from our land now would be no different from signing yourself up for a lifetime of poverty."

Eve, who had dreamed of a prince charming and a beautiful life, and had been hoping to catch the eyes of the younger men among the foreigners, was not about to sacrifice herself for her family by marrying an old man with a large potbelly. She wasn’t raised to be someone who put others first before herself. If she would marry, it would be to a man close to her age, someone who would worship her and give her everything, not some old-fashioned man who would probably turn her into his servant the moment she became his wife.

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