The story
She has loved him since he was the boy protecting her.
Eva grew up a ward of the Calvert family, and Declan Calvert was the one who looked after her. She has loved him ever since. Nonverbal since birth, she has no easy way of telling him so, and the marriage they end up in is built on duty and nothing warmer. Declan married her only to honour his grandfather's dying wish, nothing more. So she is left to endure Declan's cruelty. His mistress Selene meanwhile works relentlessly to drive her away.
