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
Cutting off the head (1)
"They got the plates wrong. Are they serious? Be careful with those dresses! All of you are giving me a headache," Kate sighed, touching her head to calm her anger. The servants seemed hellbent on ruining her dresses.
Four weeks after her engagement, Kate went straight into planning her wedding and now was the time to start moving all that she owned into Simon's home. It was a painful process for Kate as the servants kept dropping her belongings. She would prefer if James was present to lead Simon's servants.
"Take the dresses to the closet and everything else to the empty bedroom for now," Kate repeated the same order for the third time.
"Kate," Simon called to her from the stairs. He pushed himself against the wall to avoid getting squeezed by servants walking with a big box full of who knows what. "Wasn't today supposed to be a light move-in? It seems like you packed everything. Do you still have clothes at your mother's house?"