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
"I cannot believe the position Sophia has found herself in all because she threw a stone. I don't know how a lady like herself can act like a wild animal just throwing things around. I suppose it is fitting for a woman who came from a low-class family. Her mother will have to hide her face," Diane chuckled.
News of Sophia's predicament only now reached her ears.
Heather didn't share the same excitement as her mother to continue gossiping about Sophia which was why she didn't tell her mother in the first place. She didn't like Sophia but didn't care to speak of her situation or what would happen to her when she was released. Heather had her own issues.