
Ivy Lynnwood marries Liam Sterling. For three years, she supports him. Liam returns victorious with pregnant Luna Landon, intending her as his Equal Wife. The Sterling Family condones his actions. Ivy Lynnwood retaliates, exposing their dowry theft and Liam's military supply embezzlement to The Emperor and Minister of War. The Emperor grants her divorce, investigates the Lynnwood Family case. The Sterling Family is imprisoned; Ivy Lynnwood is free.