Bab 179: Unexpected

Deep down, Lucian knew he shouldn't have tricked her into marrying him without her knowledge, but he knew if he were to return from this war and were to marry Madeline, there was no way Ave would ever be his Empress or his wife; she could only be his concubine even if he were to marry her again. But now that he married her before anyone, she was his wife and would always be. He wanted her to have the right to his everything even if he didn't make it back from the war; he wanted to have a reason to fight in that war to return back. With the thought of a wife waiting for him, nothing was going to stop him from returning.