Contessa Marinette is drawn into a complex game of politics when the Second Prince, Felix Agreste begins courting her, every girl dreams of Prince Adrien, Marinette is no except. But Felix asks for her hand something pushes her to say yes.

Gabriel finally gets the miraculous and wishes for his wife, only for Adrien to be the sacrifice. He is put into a near-death coma while Gabriel and Emile deal with the pressure of what just happened and to keep people from finding out what happened, Gabriel has to lie and say that Adrien tried to commit suicide. (Dark) Trigger warning Implied/Reference Suicide. Crossposted on AO3.