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
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"Are they thinking of letting her keep her title?" Edgar asked.
"It was brought up. I am not for it, of course," Tobias answered. Many would call him biased since Edgar was his good friend, but he didn't see why Kate should hold her title after the things he was hearing she had done.
Many were forgetting that she wanted to plot to have her sister taken by Simon. Kate was spilling the truth about all the horrible things done to Alessandra. Tobias didn't see why Kate wanted to hold onto the title. She was already entitled to what Simon owned, so she could drop his name, the title he gave her, and move on if the court would not punish her.
'That settles it. I will just kill her," Edgar decided.