The Archduke's Songbird
***Completed*** Lady Jessamyn brought home a ten-year-old orphan when she was eight. He was handsome ^_~. She provided him with a place to stay and warm meals. As they grew up, she desired to marry him, despite their differing statuses. As war raged, he signed up for the military, promising to ask for her hand when he was worthy. Two years later, he became more than what he promised he would be. He became the Archduke of Ayberia. But he broke her heart by marrying her friend. Years rolled away; life happened. She married a man who loved her and fell madly in love with him. She didn't think of him again. But fate was cruel; she was widowed at the age of twenty-one. She lost everything. Seven years later, she met a mysterious wolf while she was out at work in the Archduke's fief. She had a fall. The next morning, she found herself on the Archduke's bed. Did fate bring them together again? Or something nefarious is at play? Is this a chance for a second love? Will she find out why he abandoned her in the past? Is it possible to rekindle their old love, or is it too late? ----- Join me in this journey. Your comments and votes are appreciated. Gift me to motivate me. Updates will be daily.
Faded Echoes of Memories
Jessamyn pondered about it for a while.
Her mother died when she was five. She still remembered her mother's smile and her gentle caresses. She had soft hands and she'd tell her stories as she brushed her hair before bed.
She never intended to keep it a secret. It happened.
Her father didn't object when Emily started to tell everyone she was Jessamyn's mother. He was proud of Emily.
But Jessamyn didn't like that.
How could she call another woman "mother"? She didn't give birth to her and raised her! She caused a big fuzz.
From then on, started her punishments. Her father too got displeased with her and called her childish for not wanting to forget her mother. He threw all the pictures of her mother away and replaced them with Emily's as she was the new lady of the castle.
Some maids told her that Emily might feel more secure and treat her better if she was treated as the Baroness and the only wife of her father.