Chip away at the surface of any marriage and one is bound to find complications they didn't expect. Even those marriages that seemed so perfect on the outside had their dirty, little secrets behind closed doors. Her marriage with Antonin was no different. The Rookwoods, however, were a bit more complicated than most. Unable to get a divorce from her husband while he was locked up in Azkaban, Violetta simply moved on with her life in France waiting for him to die. Few people lived long under the continuous torture of the dementors. It had been something of a disappointment when she learned that not only had her husband survived fifteen years in the notorious wizarding prison, but that he was able to escape. She'd hoped that the war would kill him. Imagining her disappointment when Augustus was forced to reclaim her as his wife under the Dark Lord's strict orders made Hermione laugh. Unless the woman wished to find herself a personal enemy of Lord Voldemort himself, she had no choice.