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
Hypocrite (4)
"Run Kate. They won't be able to keep them distracted for long," Katrina said as she ran with a bag to the back of her home.
Katrina sent out two maids with blonde hair dressed up as she and Kate in a carriage to distract Edgar's men while she and Kate ran to the back to get away. There was a small space in the gates at the back for the two of them to slip out of.
James had kept a watch out and noted that some of Edgar's men at the side of the home started to move to the front of the gates to inspect who was in the carriage. Katrina had ordered her guards to follow beside the carriage to create trouble.
Katrina felt relieved when they reached the gates and there was no one around. "Go out first and I will pass your bag afterwards," she instructed Kate.
"I'm hurt," a voice to the right of them said. "For you to think the Duke and his men are so foolish to fall for that stunt. Take a step out and I will take you away," a man stepped into their view.