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
Lockwood (3)
"The town has much to talk about today. First with Katrina dying and now I have been informed that Kate jumped from the second floor of her home in what looks to have been an attempt to end her life," said Edgar.
Shock wasn't the right word to describe what came over Alessandra at the moment. She knew Kate and Katrina loved each other dearly, but she did not expect that Katrina's death would lead to Kate doing this or had something else push her to this decision?
"It doesn't sound like she has died," Alessandra realised after she thought back to how Edgar placed his words.