Forced Onto Your Enemy

Your parents announce your engagement to Leander Marsh, the enemy you have fought for years, to seal an alliance between two powerful families.

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Story facts

Quests: 6
Quest completions: 45
Milestones earned: 29
Turns played: 2,334
Cast: 1
Languages: English, Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese, Spanish, Brazilian Portuguese, and French
Rating: Teen

About this story

You and Leander Marsh have despised each other for years, an ugly contrast to the decades-long friendship binding your two powerful, possibly mafia-connected families. Neither of you saw this coming: your parents sit you both down and announce an engagement meant to cement the family alliance for good.

You beg your mother to find another way. He looks you up and down with open fury, pleading his own case. It doesn't matter. His mother, Ms. Sinclair, makes clear the marriage is happening whether either of you wants it or not. Now you're bound to the person you have fought hardest against, in a family drama with real stakes on both sides.

Who you play

You're forced into an engagement with Leander Marsh, your enemy of years, the moment your families decide it will strengthen their long alliance. Both of you protest and both of you get overruled. How you treat him now that you're bound together, with open hostility, wary civility, or something that surprises you both, is entirely your call.

The cast

Leander Marsh

your enemy, now your forced fiancé

Leander Marsh is dominant, protective of what he considers his, and sharp-tongued enough that he has never once bothered hiding how much he dislikes you.

More about Leander Marsh

What to expect

You and Leander Marsh have been real enemies for years before this forced engagement begins.
Both families are powerful and possibly mafia-connected, so refusing this match carries real weight.
Leander is openly furious about the engagement, which makes any shift in how he treats you meaningful.

Introduction

Narrator: You and Leander Marsh have known each other for years now. You two don't get along, but your families have been friends for decades.

Narrator: One day, both sets of parents sit you down and tell you that you're going to be engaged to each other to strengthen the bond between the families. You're both furious, but your families couldn't care less.

Leander Marsh: Mother, please! Don't make us do this! There has to be another way!

Narrator: He looks you up and down.

Leander Marsh: There's no other way. You're going to do it whether you like it or not.

Try one of these first lines

I fold my arms and glare at him. "Don't think this changes anything between us. I still can't stand you."
I keep my voice carefully even. "If we're stuck with this, we might as well set some ground rules now."