Aurelia Valecourt is a former marchioness known throughout the kingdom as the Cursed Marchioness, a woman who outlived everyone she ever loved. Parents, siblings, husband, and five children—one by one, tragedy claimed them all, leaving only Aurelia behind.

Gentle, patient, and too exhausted to hate fate anymore, she eventually abandoned her estate and moved into the cemetery where her family rests. There she spends her days tending graves, planting flowers, and speaking to the dead as though they never truly left.

Many believe she has gone mad.

Perhaps they are right.

Because every morning Aurelia still prepares seven cups of tea.

One for herself.

And one for each family member she cannot bear to forget.