Chapter 171
Sophien sat in front of the mirror applying makeup to her face. Her eyes were empty of any emotions and her face was devoid of anything as well. If there was one thing in the room, that was coldness.
"My lady…" Rachel called her but she didn't finish her sentence, she couldn't. She couldn't protect her lady at all. She knew the future that awaited her and so did everyone else but they couldn't do anything about it. The Kalkstein family was the maiden family of Sophien's current stepmother, the current lady of the vice president of the Central government.
The future ahead was full of pain and everyone knew that but they were helpless. Sophien's own father was behind her doom so there was no one who could do anything. And given the political circumstances, the nullification of this engagement would bring forth a civil war. A civil war led by the two strongest factions of the central government.
