The Substitute Bride

To curry favor with his superior, my husband went completely out of his mind and decided to marry off the three daughters my late sister left behind to:

A violent general over fifty, with no qualms about killing.

A sickly prince with an unpredictable temper and a taste for men.

And a penniless mama's boy with a frail mother and a spoiled younger sister at home, clearly hoping to marry into a family and live off them.

As their aunt, how could I bear to watch them leap into a pit of fire? I looked at my three nieces, their eyes blurred with tears, and my husband watching us like a hawk.

If it came to it, I would marry them myself.

Theme: Never give up on yourself.