The Duke's Masked Wife
The baron’s daughter, Alessandra Barrett, has worn a mask from a young age due to an injury. Many say if you were to see the face behind the mask, you would be cursed and die soon afterward. She is seen as a ghost, avoided by all who visit the baron's home until she becomes the duke’s wife. No one could understand why the duke would pick such a wife. Did he wish to die? What would become of the girl who once hid in the shadows but now had the spotlight on her as the duke’s masked wife? What would everyone say if they were to learn the truth that she was in a contracted marriage with the duke? Tales of Castro Nobility story timeline order - The King’s Unbreakable Wife The Knight’s Mysterious Maid The Duke’s Masked Wife
Fighting back (1)
"Do not leave the carriage until I call for you," Sally told Caleb as she exited the carriage parked outside her aunt's house.
Caleb didn't see the need for him to wait behind and asked, "Why?"
"For a dramatic entrance obviously. I want to enjoy seeing my aunt laugh at the news of my marriage even if it is not real and then I want to see that laugh disappear when she sees you. She will not believe that a man like yourself would want me and will be angry," Sally explained.
"You have too much time on your hands to plot all of this," Caleb concluded.
"I thought about this from the moment you agreed to it. This is my way of saying ha to my aunt's face. Please wait here until I return for you. I need this to go as I imagined it to," Sally begged, clasping her hands to show how desperately she wanted him to go along with this exactly as she planned.