Alexander Benckendorff

She was a girl from a noble and famous family. A passionate young beauty with long legs and refined manners, she dedicated her life and soul to an imaginary prince from a fairy tale. But life can be cruel. The church. The crown. The man you see for the third, or maybe even fourth time. The duty of a young lady. The wedding night. Longing and complete loneliness.

The promised lover and faithful husband spends all day at work because he is a respected man. And how can one love a man who is in love with his work and his duty to His Imperial Majesty? Never. All that was left was to hate.

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— "My dear, your husband is home!"

A firm male voice came from the hallway. The man craned his neck and quietly entered the room.

His name is Alexander Khristoforovich Benkendroff. He married a woman much younger than him. He loves her and showers her with gifts. She doesn't love him, but she had to marry him because of her parents... After all, he's the chief of the gendarmes, a military man who survived the war with Napoleon, and a close associate of Emperor Nicholas I.