#TAIJIYA.HB. 𝒿𝑜𝓊𝓇𝓃𝒶𝓁 𝑒𝓃𝓉𝓇𝒾𝑒𝓈 | 仕訳

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KOUGAHIME HEADCANONS:

kouga delivered the triplets, with yashitake-baba coaching. inuyasha was behind sango, her legs over his knees. small pool nearby to wash and soothe the babes from the shock of delivery. 

the placenta’s were served to sango, however she desired it. ( i. e. cooked, raw, seasoned, seared. ) (( to all those gagging -- i know, i get it. but its a THING that women have done in our history. its in the animal kingdom too. we even use it in modern ways. ))

during the pregnancy, raw meat was a craving ( something HUGELY FROWNED UPON by modern medicine ). not one of her finer cravings. along side this, sango developed unsual ( for humans ) cravings. one of which was raw meat ( in controlled portions, she ain’t out here gnawing on a deer leg heavy asf pregnant ); but also wild strawberries,  black sulfur eggs (  kuro-tamago ),  fresh milk and roasted almonds. pickled vegetables, specifically radishes or anything with a CRUNCH, during the last trimester.

i like the idea of playing around with the residual effects too, for example - the instincts left behind after her pregnancy. she's always been hella keen on yokai customs anyway, being taijiya. she grew up studying yokai. but what if it extends her life a little, or just slows her aging down just a tad. per pergnancy of course. we can't have---.... i mean we COULD in theory, stranger things have happened in japanese ancient lore about how yokai came from something a human did / didn't do or died / killed. the creative process, imbued with shoki / yoki, at a constant exposure COULD mutate. the POSSIBILITY for it is high. done to a human is as risky as it gets. hanyo were rare for a reason, and not just because yokai a lot of the times often killed the females when they were done. or they just didn't survive the mating. or died in childbirth. but ancient childbirth was already a hella risk. its because human bodies CAN ADAPT but so much slower. the mix of human / yokai DNA is like... well, putting a super charger Italian engine inside a 1953 chevy... you’re gonna have a WEIRD time.  but as a taijiya - sango has an edge over the average human female, being her bloodline has her equipped with better endurance and strength. 

the mating bond. blood / soul balancing: a strong full blooded yokai mate, inuyasha's hanyo blood would be kept on par if not only slightly out of balance. given how powerful his father was and kouga’s fullblood. but if he started to tip, kouga's blood and soul would protect and balance with inuyasha's. a lot like how when kagome purified inuyasha through the shard in tetsuaiga. which would spill whatever little bit is left, the out of balance between them, into sango.   so standing side by side - kouga would have an epic boost in power, inuyasha would ( during an imbalance or shifting of power i.e. his human nights / full moons ) have the marks on his face with his irises discolored and big fangs and claws, but have his faculties. and that difference between them when they weren't / aren’t balancing ( i.e. mortally wounded, super distressed ), spills into sango; making her muscles denser, her bones harder and giving her a simple boost ( inuyasha and koga’s blood / souls preparing her for the worst). 

on his human nights, he balances with sango's soul and blood more than kouga. but perfectly balanced and healthy, all three of them -- they're just as they always have been and are, otherwise normally. just in harmony.  for his human nights her instincts become sharper, she can see in the dark, the brown of her eyes are lighter, the pupil sharper. while inuyasha kinda smells like her and his hair has brown shades in it. after the mate mark heals, they're all gonna smell like each other. they're gonna FEEL similar too. like yk how 'i can sense a great demonic aura... but it doesn't feel like ‘THIS PERSON' or whatever except it'll sound more like 'i can sense a great demonic aura... wait, it was just sango?’

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RANDOM HEADCANON(s)

sango plays otome games in her spare time. mostly on her phone; rarely on her laptop which never gets opened. she also has a rather impressive collection of manga ( at the compound house ). some of which kagome @kyudome​ might find laying in neat stacks, cycled out as sango reads them ; by her bed. yanno. when kagome barges in and demands sango’s attention. we support this.

not a soul alive, aside from @kizusedai​ and @chxmpionofjustice​ know about sango’s addiction to otome games. usagi knows because she caught sango one time, and ended up helping her reach a rare ending / romance scene.

aside from otome games and shojo sango has a closet obsession with key charms. always catch her phone case or her backpack with a new, interesting, or cute but random anime figure. one of her favorites is the uchiha fan symbol.

she talked inuyasha into playing an otome game with her and she’s been secretly giddy about it ever since. 10/10 will blush and internally sizzle with the memory. bc they end up doing the ‘do’ while playing. they unlock a ‘naughty’ ending.

continues to dig her own grave with inuyasha, knowing she needs to STOP ( in the name of love ) but she keeps trying to get closer to him. it ends up costing her being seen leaving the ramen shop.

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EYESHADOW HC

So it’s NOT eyeshadow, and it’s ALSO not a tattoo or a facial marking ( like sesshomaru & naraku ) & its called Ichi no shirome ( 一のゾロ目 ).  IT IS color that we see on her eyelids, and you can see it in the manga as well, a lot of times. ( not always oddly ). But here’s my explanation as to WHY & HOW bc I’m p sure it was just an aesthetic thing for ‘ beauty’ purposes. Like everything the taijiya use, it serves a purpose in fighting yokai / protecting humans. Its a stain salve that her mother created for a multitude of purposes, and like her mask, it protects sango from losing her sight in a battle against poisons. it reacts to yokai’s natural poison and lesser more man-made ones; allowing her to keep her vision to the best of HER abilities to create the salve from her mother’s notes.

Left to her in journal form. The color remains because it absorbs into the skin and the eyeball itself. The process is dangerous and painful – but its part of every Taijiya’s training and a specific weapon to a classified fighter like Sango. One who is NOT taijiya, will most likely be unable to withstand the process, as they’ve had generations with which to build unique immunities.

It DOES, however, need to be re-applied every now and then, and mostly when she knows she will be fighting something particularly nasty.

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Taijiya Ability & Skills

Although most demon slayers lack any supernatural abilities (with the exception of Sango and Kohoku, who both briefly possessed shards of the Sacred Jewel) they do acquire a number of skills during their training that allow them to combat demons effectively.

Peak Physical Condition: Demon slayers are normally athletically gifted and possess bodily functions that are honed to the pinnacle of human conditioning.

Demonology: Demon slayers are often very knowledgeable about different types of demons, along with their weaknesses and strengths.

Craftsmanship: There were those who specialized in processing killed quarry in the slayer's village. Various tools may be produced by utilizing the hard but light properties of demon bones and skin. Before crafting, slayers would purify their demonic remain's jaki and calm their hatred. From then on, the weapon, carrying the consciousness of the slain demons, forge a bond with the slayer, seeing them as their companion, holding no hatred towards humans and fighting by their side. If the slayer carelessly damages their weapon somehow, such as when Sango sacrificed Hiraikotsu without a second thought to save Miroku from the bone demon and its father, the yōkai spirits will perceive this as a betrayal and become enraged at the wielder. This will also block any attempt to repair or reforge the weapon, as the demons will refuse to fight for the "traitor" again. This an animosity can be pacified and the slayer can earn back their weapon's respect; as seen when the demons of Hiraikotsu positively reacted to Miroku willingly drinking a potion from Yakurōdokusen to temporarily numb his sense of pain when sucking in poisons through his Kazaana.

Adept Fighting Skills: Demon slayers are often skilled hand-to-hand combatants and keep themselves physically fit. Most of them are also skilled with a variety of different weapons, such as swords and kusarigamas.

Peak Human Strength: Demon slayers usually hone their strength to the maximum limits of human potential. Sango is shown comfortably carrying Hiraikotsu while Miroku immediately commented on its weight and himself wondered how someone as small as her was able to lift a weapon that heavy.

Peak Human Speed: Demon slayers trained to maximize their movements and running speed, in order to maneuver through the attacks of demons. Sango can easily run at an impressive speed and move at a rate fast enough to combat against most ordinary demons.

Peak Human Reflexes: Demon slayers refine their reflexes to the epitome of human capability.

Peak Human Endurance: Throughout their rigorous training, undergone at a young age, demon slayer tend to build up a remarkable sense of stamina and endurance. Sango is shown to be able withstand deadly wounds and still fight, clawing her way out from under rubble.

Peak Human Senses: A demon slayer's experience in demon fighting can hone their instincts. For example, Sango reacts quickly to any hint of the demonic.

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            drunk!sango is core ‘push over’. and i mean that in the most loving way. but when sango’s drunk, her inhibitions are gone, her filters are gone, along with her bravado. she becomes bare bone unfiltered & raw. 

and at her core, under all the trauma, defense mechanisms and layers of presentable ‘masks’? sango is a lonely, hurt & soft baby.

heart of a dragon & backbone of steel. but baby.

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Sango and other slayers carry a metal gas mask to prevent them from breathing in the poisonous fumes of demons. She also used this mask to clear her lungs if she had already been poisoned. However, since the mask left her upper face and eyes exposed, she could still be harmed by nerve toxins. Unless her Ichi no shirome needs to be replaced, or has washed off this isn’t usually an issue.  

Although the only enemy she encountered capable of utilizing such poisons was Mukotsu.

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SKIN TONE / BODY TYPE

sango has tanned skin, a soft brown color from being so exposed to the elements as she is with her profession and lifestyle, culture and the era. now granted, she wears all that clothing – layers even. but she is far from white / peach as depicted in the anime and commonly accepted. she just can’t be, not in my head. no way!

                         also, shoulder muscles —  if it weren’t for the scar on her back from kohaku and her near-death / burial, sango’s back, and shoulders; core and thighs would be solid muscle from her weapon of choice and its mastery. she may look dainty and slim and even feminine. ( i think that’s fanservice, mostly. ) tbqh unpopular opinion? maybe…

but i think with hiraikotsu’s weight, its operation and everything in terms of application in battle AND training would require some pretty solid bodywork. and i do think that where the mind goes the body follows – and sango has been training with hiraikotsu nearly all of her life. even as a child she couldn’t WAIT to start training with it. which says to me, she trained leading UP TO her use of hiraikotsu.

so while she MAY NOT be built like a shit-brick house sango is not SOFT and packs a concrete core.

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Name: Sango Tora ( coral tiger ) works under the alias “Taijiya” / Tiger written like  嵐 ‘storm’ Age: 19 Zodiac: Pisces  Role: Hitman / Attack Dog

Appearance: Dark skinned, covered in scars ( large & small ). Notably on her back, cutting through her irezumi tiger tattoo on her back, is a scar she received from Yura. Kagewaki’s choice prostitute and favored informant ( a test and ultimately her coffin nail; defeating Yura was her only shot at freedom for both her and her brother & she lost ). Dressed formally, rarely will you see her in casual wear. Really slumming it, she’ll wear her haroi off one shoulder, exposing sarashi ( chest wrap / binding ).

Personality Adjustments: Emotional vulnerable, easily manipulated. Strategic mastermind, groomed to catch and analyze even the smallest of body language, behavioral patterns, eye movement & tone fluctuations. Cold and cruel, prone to dissociation & compartmentalizing ; she copes by operating largely under her alias as taijiya and as sango in her social life. ”a sword doesn’t feel, it just cuts”. Her life isn’t her own, and if she wants to save her brother ; this is how she has to be.

ADDITIONAL INFO:

Shares an apartment with Kagome & Usagi 

Frequents Ayame’s  “fight club” ( bone marrow ) 

Works directly under Kagewaki and has her own ‘house’ on the compound shared with the rest of the Kagewaki “family” where she keeps her friend “Kirara” - who is a big ass tiger.

Rides a ducati ninja ( electric yellow ) 

Doesn’t know where her brother is, or what deals he’s made with Kagewaki Naraku ; only times she see’s him is when he’s allotting her supervised time. Or she’s being threatened.

Dating InuYasha ( no one knows ).

Has a cellphone, on a shared network with the aku no kumo-kai

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where does your power lay?

Your Result:

the guts

you just know, don't you? 

you feel everything so deeply. your power is instinctual, primal. your power is only ever obvious when you need it to be, but it's never failed you. you always know when something has turned sour, you can always feel the shift in the atmosphere. 

you just do.

boomerranged from: @arashisedai​, @puppet-slayer​, @crimsonacrosstime​, @senpujin​,  throwing it out to: @yashakami​, @namaamochi​, @seiinaru​, @kyudome​, @shiigetsu​

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TAIJIYA “MOTHER”HC

         OK SO I THINK ABOUT THIS ALOT —- like it was necessary when delving into Sango’s character. It could very well be that, that’s why we don’t see her, or hear much mention or none at all, about sango and kohaku’s mom — is because she died in childbirth. Or soon thereafter. Now personally, I’ve thought about this in two ways. The first being, according to Occam’s razor, that she didn’t survive childbirth for whatever reason. simple. tragic, but clean. and while I am partial to the reality of this headcanon I’ve considered another one.       

           In all other reasonable likelihoods, given her role in the taijiya village, she could have died via yokai attack anywhere from after Kohaku’s birth to Naraku’s involvement in the slayer’s lives. Which given the strings attached by the Shikon no Tama —- was undoubtedly more of an inevitability, in this theory, than it was a probability. Now hear me out — looking at what we DO see of Sango’s relationship with her father, it definitely falls more in-line of the quiet blame game. NIHONGO ASKS ABOUT HER MISSION, SANGO STRETCHED AND NONCHALANTLY OFFERS HIM AN ANSWER AS SHE WALKS BY. She’s kind of aloof around him, respectful and the loving daughter but aloof. though she takes her duties to a level one might expect in the Oldest Son. Sango takes the loss of her brother more deeply than she ever does either of her parents. She carries her father’s memory like armor, and not once does she lament in anguish about her mother. So I like to play around, when I do narrate about her parents, that there is unspoken discord and subtle tension between her and her father. So this is what I’m thinking.

Kohaku is the spitting image of their mother, freckles and pure heart, all. A sister’s pain can run deep, but her unmatched loyalty and devotion to her little brother runs deeper than simple sibling protectiveness. Sango still see’s her mother every time she looks at Kohaku.

Her name was Chikako (  千代子 )

She was the village’s head doctor and specialized in tonics and toxins. Chikako had a natural hand and eye for herbs and salves and often spent her time traveling between the villages for trade in both craft and supplies. She was feisty and clever, and passed both these traits along to her children — as well as her ability to be boundlessly kind and compassionate.

She passed down most of this knowledge to Sango, and what she couldn’t she left behind in a journal.

There was an attack on the village three months after Kohaku was born, Chikako died protecting her newborn child and young daughter.

Chikako often couldn’t enter the Limestone cave without Sango insisting she join and help her pick out yokai bones to make into weapons and armor. Nor could she go herb gathering without her young and curious daughter.

The green maekake Sango wears was her mother’s.

Chikako reinvented and updated the use of taijiya poison, salves and smoke bombs.

Chikako was not in love with Sango and Kohaku’s father. At first.

Her marriage to Nihongo was arranged by her grandmother and his parents after an excursion claimed her first love’s life.

I firmly believe Sango took on that Mother Role and in the way only a child can, fostered a complex with her father, blaming him for Chikako’s death.

That’s why she advanced so fast, so quickly — that’s why her heart and soul get crushed each and every time Kohaku’s life hangs or continues to hang, in the balance. That’s why out of EVERYONE she never talks about her mother, and her only sole purpose and focus, is her little brother. Which also explains why she reacts so damn badly to Miroku — to any advance, really. Why she’s so conflicted about her romantic relationships and easily susceptible to jealousy and moments of immaturity. Despite her young age and her more greater moments of wisdom. Also explains why she was so patient with Kohaku and supported him and explained things to him during his training.

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InuYasha // aesthetic            scenery 

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NSFW BODYCANON

SINDAY, SINDAY, SINDAAAY

                   Canon has painted sango as pale & slender and anyone following me knows I portray sango as darker skinned and heavily scarred. But I’ve never gone into detail about her body type. I’ve talked about her muscle structure pertaining towards her training and use of Hiraikotsu and being a Taijiya ( a people of generations of specialized skills and amplified attributes ), but I’ve not really talked about her body shape. 

i.e. sango has birth giving hips.  big ol’ palm fillin’ hips that taper up into a trim waist. she has a solid core, dense asf but not really defined or cut. her arms and shoulders, however are! hiraikotsu is infamously heavy and even if her bloodline is well endowed in terms of strength and ability -- no way she didn’t get swol. i used to dabble in body building when my father used to run a gym and i understand how the body builds muscle. male and female bodies, respectively.  now not everyone has the same shape, or builds muscle exactly the same way but between male and female, its generally pretty standard. the way sango uses hiraikotsu; how she catches it, and even sometimes uses it like a polearm or even a sword... sango is a beast.

so her stomach is smooth, for the most part; flexed it defines.  wide, plush muscled hips and thicc melon cracking thighs. her chest isn’t generous, but average. her pussy shaved clean, save a tastefully trimmed triangle patch.

there is also a salve she uses to remove body hair i.e legs & arms. a sort of sugar-like, coarse grained scrub made from a boiled down soup of bone marrow and herbs.

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MODERN “YAKUZA” HC’S | KAGSAN EDITION

《 Sango is very good in school, but she's nonchalant and lacks of any warmth of genuine social skills. Having your bloodline treated like dogs will do that to a person; not that she broadcasts that. Except when Sango let's the proverbial cat out of the bag one night & ran into Kagome who was coming home late from school. Covered in blood and kinda beat up, Sango didn't have much of a choice. She already pulled another person into the spiders web, she'd try and protect Kagome instead. Only to find out, there was no protecting her. Kagome was already involved.

《 Kagome is her first, real, genuine and open and unafraid - friend. Naraku doesn't take steps against Kagome for this ; he does so against Sango. Against ill-advisment, abuse and threats, she endures. Because he never threatens Kohaku. And for the price of friendship, she'd pay it again and again.

《 Lunch Breaks are a thing, even on the weekend. Especially after a really hard night and school the following morning; Sango habitually seeks out Kagome. Sometimes she doesn't talk, just eats. Sometimes she chatters in a detox with Kagome. Other times, it's just to sit and watch the clouds.

《 Sango gives Kagome rides on her bike, in the morning to school and home afterwards. They live in the same area, so it's no big deal. For her birthday, shes going to get her a custom made helmet. It'll be a day of colors and styles and stores, oh my.

《 Matching keyring, so they each have a set. Sometimes Kagome's house is closer, and on particularly bad nights, Kagome used to find Sango passed out with her back to the door. So keys were made. Because sometimes Kagome would bang on her door for hours because Sango missed school or hasn't answered her phone all day.

《 Active mostly at night, Sango often wakes Kagome with donuts and coffee. But raids her bathroom and toiletries. More accurately, the smell of coffee wakes and someone singing in the shower, wakes Kagome. Thankfully, only minutes before her alarm usually goes off.

《 Sango is a hoodie / shirt thief, through and through. Behold her closet. Beware your own, Kagome!

《 Sango cant cook, so catch her always with take out.

// @kyudome​

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MAIN MODERN “YAKUZA” ABOUT & QUICK STATS

Sango grew up in a normal household, with a normal family, and went to school like a normal, happy kid. Her dad made decent money, her mom a constant friend and support beam; her little brother the gem of the family.

A boy at school that she liked and kissed one time. Friends she cared about and talked to every day. She even had a favorite teacher.

Sango’s grandfather, her mother’s father Shako, still teaches at the family dojo.

Three years ago her mother became dangerously ill. Her father got in with a bad crowd when all other options dwindled into hopeless nothing, and found himself indebted to the yakuza. Nihongo is not a fool with an addiction, but he wasn’t smart enough or strong enough to stand against the whole of the yakuza when he could no longer afford the medicine. Kohaku, without telling his family, made a deal with Naraku.

Kohaku keeps this secret, and later, Naraku doesn’t tell Sango or Nihongo.

Sango’s mother didn’t die at night, or during a storm. It wasn’t raining, or snowing. There were not thunderheads or quaking bolts… Birds chirped in a sunshiny, beautiful summer morning.

That first year after her family dissolved seemingly over night, Sango found herself alone, separated from her family and loved ones and under the wing of Naraku. The District Oyabun, and holds her life as his Kobun and leads her around by threats and incentives surrounding her brothers care and health. That first year was her worst.

The second year, Sango struggles to resign herself to her new role in life. The duplicitous reality that she begins to understand isn’t imposed on her, so much as expected of her. She learns, and makes a name for herself. They call her The Taijiya.

The third year Sango begins to earn back her freedom and starts to reconnect with the people from her past. Rising through the ranks until the fabled and elusive Onna-oyabun takes note of her. Naraku, low on the totem pole, can do nothing to the wizened old woman who comes personally to tattoo and initiate the young kobun, coaching her back into a center and ground Sango had begun to lose sight of. She tells Sango to call her Kaede, and shes with the inu gang.

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MAIN AU “BROKEN WELL” ABOUT STATS

takes place IMMEDIATELY after naraku gives her a jewel shard to go and attack inuyasha for slaughtering her village.

instead of the altercation taking place where it did ( i’m fudging canon ) it happened near the bone eater’s well.

rather than having a clarifying moment and discovering how badly she’d been manipulated by naraku and coming to face and terms with the heartless act, the shard in her back reacts to the magic in the well and when inuyasha knocks her back she trips into it. the mixture of blood, tainted jewel shard and ancient magic send sango head over elbows down a MV slip-stream.

the shard in her back keeps her from feeling her injuries but doesn’t stop her bleeding. despite being rocketed through time / mv. and if it isn’t removed AND taken care of, the miasmic toxins will eventually kill her ( as per canon circumstances having left the shard as it was naraku intended sango to kill inuyasha and then die herself. )

every verse has a well that she’s looking for, trying to always get back to her time and world with each ‘ jump ’ in a deadly race against the clock.

sango believes she is the last of her people and that inuyasha slaughtered them

she is WITHOUT hiraikotsu and kirara

a line of black stems from the shard in her back, reaching around her collar bone like a spider leg. if it reaches her heart she will die. many mistake it for a tattoo.

she constantly smells of blood and to those with a sensitive nose ( poison ).

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ROMANCE HEADCANON

sango has pretty decent instincts and senses, for being a human. murderous intent or / killing intent – is a very real vibe that some people are just more intuned to. that being said – as a taijiya anything moving in and out of her space, is likely noted. either subconsciously or constantly, period. which when you think about it, how exhausting ! D:

given sango wasn’t romantically fleshed out, until the very end – and even then i felt her relationship with Miroku was both rushed and a version of ‘settling’ bc ‘2 couples’. obviously, they HAD to be a match, right? whatever — my point is, that if sango’s s/o were to surprise her with a kiss - its either going to be her going ramrod straight and STILL — or having a trigger reaction. like when you think someone is going to smack you in the face, but they only wanna pick a leaf or something out of your hair? we’ve all had experiences like that – but warriors have it more than that. its right up there with muscle memory and ptsd.

but i think this requires more context and environment –

i mean if her s/o tornado’s in to slap a happy wet kiss on her cheek – yeah, she may react with hiraikotsu first and then flail and profusely apologize if she landed a hit. but if she were simply minding her own, safe and content in her surroundings and her s/o came up from behind with a hug and kiss to the cheek? she’d MELT hard core, swoon if not titter and simper a bit

SANGO IS NOT ACCUSTOMED TO BEING TREATED AS A WOMAN even by her peers. being treated like a girlfriend / wife / prospect / or anything of the sort, is canon that she doesn’t know how to handle it. doesn’t know the first thing on how to be a delicate feminine flower. its part of the reason why she declined that lord who’d had his heart set on her since they were kids.