The fighting seems poised to thrust the world into a new Dark Ages. But, the world is not so over the last one that people are eager for the risk. And finally, by a stroke of brilliant luck, a tentative, shaky peace agreement is signed.

And shattered when Lucette is spotted, alive and well, in the new world. 

But she's in disguise! Annie hasn't slipped up and called her anything other than Oliver in public once!

Lucette really really doesn't care. All she cares about is how everything is ruined and she couldn't do anything and she just needs to be alone with her thoughts for one second but the marriage bond is for life and won't go away and it's driving her mad and.

And eventually, when the red haze lifts from her vision, there's blood dripping from her hands, from her face, from. Well, everything.

And the bond is gone.

Yup. Nobody loves her anymore.

And then she's somewhere else entirely.

"Lucette?"

What.

Lucette scrambles off the ... bed. Why is she on a bed. Why is Annie in the bed with her, they haven't done that in years. Why are her hands clean.

"- Lucette come back you have to stay in the room with me we're getting married -"

The demon folds itself back up into empty space, leaving them alone.

"N-no... What... how...where are we."

"We're in your room - it's gone, is it over -"

"This.... this is my old room."

"Yes. It's our wedding night."

"...we've been married for years." And you're dead because I killed you and this house is gone because York drowned when people discovered I was alive.

"The demon lied to you again. It's always lying, it made that up, it's still the first night. Did it work - how do we tell if it worked -"

"It's not safe for you to be married to me."

"I don't believe the demon, because it picks things to say based on what will upset you and that is not a good way to predict the future."

"I don't want to hurt you." Or doom the world to a new Dark Age.

"You won't hurt me."

"I love you. The demon's always lying. How can we tell if it worked and we're married? Please? I really want to be married."