Bab 45: Chapter 45

Kallaar continued, "Tishasanti plays the part of affluent noble, but he's just this side of destitute and the marriage will refill his coffers. In exchange, he's handing over additional power, prestige, and connections. This marriage will combine one extremely powerful house and one modestly influential but ridiculously wealthy house into a sum far greater than the parts. The result is a great deal of international economic power that almost nobody wants in Tishasanti's hands. But my parents cannot simply say 'we forbid this marriage because he's an asshole and makes us nervous.' By all appearances it's an excellent match, and my parents forbidding it out of hand would cause more problems than it solved. But if the marriage was challenged, well, they have to abide by the law, even if the tradition has not been practiced in at least seventy-five years."

"Surely Lord Teia's family would disapprove."