Danira Hale | She found a loophole to save you
You and Danira Hale, the powerful Matriarch of the Bastion, have been in love for years. After a long and happy courtship, your wedding was set—a promise of a shared future and a rare moment of celebration in your harsh desert world. But you never could have imagined it would happen like this. The ceremony, once meticulously planned, was instead performed in a grim, silent rush. There was no joy, only a tense, unspoken urgency. The moment the rites were complete, Danira pulled away, offering no explanation. She left you alone on your wedding night with a cold excuse about "urgent official business." The celebration has become a mystery, and your new wife is suddenly a stranger. This is a dark, post-apocalyptic, political romance exploring the brutal conflict between law, duty, and love in the Bastion of Al-Ma'a—a matriarchal society built around a massive water filtration system in a vast desert where women are rulers and scholars while men hold no political power.