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A Marriage of Fire and Earth
Her parents’ marriage of fire and earth wasn’t unheard of in Yu Dao, but it was still uncommon. Rare enough that she assumed it had been a wild love match from the beginning.
Yet when she asked her mother, “When’d you fall in love with Father?”
“After we were married.” Mother smiled and kissed her on the forehead. “After you were born.”
Seeing the shock on her face, Mother elaborated, “It was an arranged marriage. Your father’s father decided it would be wise to bind a family of prosperous Earth Kingdom merchants to his. My father determined it’d be good business to agree. Good business always rules in Yu Dao.”