You Are Heartless, so Am I

The Story

Alyia Valen rejects her husband Leon Ashford’s decree to wed his widowed sister-in-law Vivian for the sake of family lineage. She counters this betrayal by invoking the same traditional customs to honor her late sister’s betrothal, bringing frontier knight Kane into House Valen. This marital dispute unravels years of hidden corruption, revealing stolen dowry, forged documents, and deceptive lies about infertility. The situation escalates into a conspiracy involving treason, murder, and the Ashford family’s insatiable hunger for Valen power. With Kane standing by her side, lost sister Selena emerging from the shadows, and Queen Isabella observing, Alyia severs her ties with Leon. She restores her family’s honor and demonstrates that the Valen bloodline was never intended to survive through men alone. The conflict moves from personal defiance to a broader struggle against entrenched familial greed and historical injustice.