Bianca de Blanchefort was the wife of Zachary de Arno, but after his death, the Arno family cast her out. Known for her reckless, shallow, and scandalous ways, she had no home to return to—the Blanchefort family had already crumbled. Left with no options, she was sent away to a remote convent on the border, where she eventually died alone on a cold stone floor. Dishonorable and despised, that was Bianca’s life—until she found herself thrown back into the past.
“Is this real? Have I truly returned to the past?”
This wasn’t a dream or some trick of the mind. The gnawing hunger, the exhaustion, the sharp clarity of her surroundings—it was all real. And if this was truly a second chance, a gift from God himself…
*Then I’ll treat marriage like the business it is. Zachary’s child will secure my future. My dowry will stay untouched, and I won’t lose the Blanchefort or Arno lands to that wretched viscount.*
Whether by charm or cunning, she needed to conceive Zachary’s heir.
“How much was my dowry, exactly?”
“Four hundred calves, nine hundred pigs, a hundred silver pieces, three hundred bolts of silk, two chests of jewels, and a portion of land—enough to fund the Arno county for two years.”
“Don’t you think you owe me for that?”
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