Chapter 1

Countess Margaret Fe Veritas entered the dressing room with her elegant bearing, serene gesture and a bottle of champagne in one hand and with the other holding her pompous burgundy dress.

- The Claves Family sent us some champagne, who wants some? -

Her voice was bitter and resigned, her blonde hair was slicked back with a couple of curls lining her face, and her golden eyes were apparently serene, but in reality they were annoyed.

- ME! - one of the three young redheads in the room cried out as she tucked small lumps of napkin into her bosom to make it voluptuous.

- Alexandra, it is not right for a bride to walk down the aisle drunk- another of the redheads, her name was Isabel, jumped up and down fiercely in the name of sobriety, unlike the first young lady, this redhead raised her hair on top of her head with her neatly combed bangs and a sober but elegant yellow dress.

- Well if my fiancé is as they say, "drunk" is a requirement for this marriage- said Alexandra with a similar annoyance as the Countess.

- It is a requirement for any marriage my dear- answered the Countess as she handed her an elongated glass of champagne, Isabel frowned in frustration, behind her, a third sister, Ana, laughed under her breath.

- MOTHER! Don't say such things, don't you see that Alexandra is already sufficiently...disheveled? complained Isabel while she fixed Alexandra's hair without finding the word to describe her sister, Alexandra limited herself to drink her liquor in one gulp.

- Meh...- answered the Countess sitting on an armchair watching her daughters while she drank.

- Mother... - Isabel insisted

- It's almost time, I need another drink- Alexandra interrupted, bringing her glass closer so that she could be served more, the room was in chaos, Isabel was about to lose her temper because of her mother and Alexandra, mother and daughter just ignored her, while Ana was limited to run from here to there arranging the last details of Alexandra's arrangement because this scandalous day would be Alexandra's wedding with the fearsome "Emperor Beast", never before had the daughter of an Earl reached such a status and therefore, no matter how indecent Alexandra was, she had to go out and look like a worthy wife of an Emperor.

In the midst of the commotion they did not hear when some servants and the Emperor's butler knocked on the door after not getting an answer they decided to enter, what was the surprise of the butler Marcel Ghal Parvis to find the four women in a mess, the Countess drunk on an armchair, the bride annoyed while her younger sister was adjusting the tail of her dress and the older sister taking what seemed to be small serifs out of her bust.

With all possible serenity the eloquent and capable butler bowed to them.

- Miladys, given the...circumstances, we will allow you five more minutes-  said the man as he looked away before leaving the room.

They had all fallen silent after the interruption of the snooty guy.

- I'm flat…- complained Alexandra once Isabel had removed all the napkins.

- Better than to be hanged tomorrow for deceiving the Emperor with false breasts-  replied the eldest sister, the most rational.

Once ready, the four of them went out, and after crossing that door, it was as if they were different people, no matter how vulgar they were with each other, the family was so close that in privacy the relationship was wild and defiant but they knew that in front of the others they had to give the best image, more so now that one of the daughters would marry the Emperor.

- Introducing Alexandra Trinity Veritas!

The ceremony would take place inside one of the palace halls, with only the families of the Royal Council invited, in number there were only about 16 people counting the bride's family, the Priest, Alexandra and the Emperor.

Much was said about Alexandra and her family, from how the young woman had accepted to marry the Beast Emperor to the criticism of her family for selling their daughter in order to raise their social status.

What was a fact was that at that moment Alexandra was walking down the aisle with a man she had only seen from afar at a few social events and who was now not even looking at her.

"Hendrik Skylar of Renance, Emperor of the Empire of Renance, nicknamed the Beast Emperor because of his horrendous war wound on the left side of his face, so he always covered it with a mask and bluish hair...or so the book said- Alexandra remembered.

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