The Morning After

The alliance being brokered between the Tsar of Russia and the future Grand Prince of Tyrol was something that nobody would be aware of until much later. Rather, the entire attention of the reception for Erwin and Alya's wedding was on their relationship and the beauty it represented.

Not only the coming of a new age of nobility were common and noble classes intertwined to the point of marriage, but also the end of the war. It was a wedding in the wake of a very cold and dark winter.

Spring had come, and the winds of war had passed. The storm was well beyond the horizon, and the future was bright. This was indeed one of the reasons Heidi had prepared her son's wedding for the beginning of spring.

But as with all good things in life, the party soon came to an end, as Erwin and Alya found their hearts beating steadily as they climbed the steps to groom's bedroom where they spent their first night together as husband and wife.