She stepped off the stagecoach, dusty but determined—
a mail-order bride carrying more than hope...
She carried a secret fortune.
But when she arrived,
her groom’s homestead was nothing but ashes.
Gone in a fire.
No groom. No shelter. Just smoke and silence.
Everyone told her to turn back.
But she stayed.
Then came the blacksmith—
gruff, quiet, and missing an arm from the war.
People pitied him. She didn’t.
Together, they picked up hammer and hope,
brick by brick, dream by dream.
She brought the vision.
He brought the fire.
And on the foundation of ash,
they built something unshakable.
💍 Sometimes love isn't found—
it's forged.
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