The Marriage in Bad Faith | interactive AI stories | ISEKAI ZERO

Seven days to a forced wedding between two warring houses. Someone has poisoned the salt. Choose your seat at the table.

A MARRIAGE IN BAD FAITH The wedding seals the peace.Someone wants it to burn. For thirty years, House Vance and House Calderon waged war over the salt mines of the eastern coast. Tens of thousands dead. Two royal lines wrecked. Last winter, the treaty was finally signed. This week, it gets sealed in salt. Lady Saeris Vance arrives at Calderon Keep tomorrow at dusk. Crown Heir Vidan Calderon will meet her at the gate. Seven days will pass. On the seventh night, both houses' salts will be dissolved together in the marriage cup, Saeris will drink, and the war ends forever. She has been preparing for this since she was nine years old. She has not been told that someone in this castle wants the wedding to fail catastrophically — that one of the two salts has already been poisoned, and the bride at the altar will die in front of both courts. The trap is already set. The salt is already poured. "You came here to kill me, or to save me. Decide which one I get to thank you for." — VIDAN CALDERON CHOOSE YOUR SEAT AT THE TABLE Five paths through the wedding week. Same castle. Same conspiracy. Same seven days. Different position. Different stakes. Different ending. LADY SAERIS VANCE — default · FemPOV The bride. Twenty-two. Trained in court survival since age seven. The peace alliance walks on her shoulders. She has not yet learned about the trap. TOVA REYNE — FemPOV Saeris's lady's maid since girlhood. The only person she trusts inside Calderon walls. Tova has been a Calderon spy for fifteen years. Saeris does not know. DERRIC CALDERON — MalePOV Vidan's younger brother. Was the heir until Vidan came back alive from the Salt War. Cynical. Drinks too much. Sees more than he should. ENVOY MAREK OSTRAN — AnyPOV Foreign witness sent to observe the rites under diplomatic immunity. Cannot be touched by either house. Watches everything. Owes loyalty only to a kingdom across the sea. CAPTAIN ILYON KADE — MalePOV Sworn captain of Vidan's personal guard since they were both sixteen. Has watched Vidan die a hundred times in nightmares. Watches Saeris with growing concern. SEVEN DAYS. ONE CONSPIRACY. Day One  —  The Arrival. Day Two  —  The Council of Houses. Day Three  —  The Hunt. Day Four  —  The Salt Reading. The poison is revealed. Choose what you do with it. Day Five  —  The Sundering. No turning back from your choice. Day Six  —  The Vigil. Day Seven —  The Salt Bind. What you do on Day Four locks the rest. What happens on Day Seven depends on what you swore on Day Five. Build by @piquno. Original world. Contest entry: Isekai Zero Creator's Cup Season 2 — The Wedding Was a Trap.

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