Chapter 9
Orassmyn and Isabelle stayed the rest of that week, then decided that it was time for them to go to Persia and return to Orassmyn's family's empire, or what was left of it after politics and history had taken it's toll.
The couple asked Adam & Belle's oldest daughter if she'd like to travel to Persia as well, but they thought better of it, and to the girl's credit she actually obeyed her parents. (Still though several years later she met up with another prince from Russia who was 3rd in line for the czar, but that's another story...)
For Adam and Belle though life at their castle continued on well. Middle age treated them well for the most part, although Adam still had quite the temper to control even yet, but Belle philosophized that Rome wasn't built in a day and that marriage as well as life is always a work in progress until the Lord determines the end. With that Belle dealt with her husband's issues and he with hers, and their marriage was a rock to weather the storms of life, ever after.