Painful News

 When Delaney woke up late the next morning she found snow covering the ground. It wasn't deep but it was enough that you could barely tell the difference between the gravel drive and the grass all around it. The wind blew, causing drifts to form against the side of the house and trunk of the great tree Delaney had so many fond memories of. The horses out in the field were covered in their thick, shaggy, winter coats which now had a coating of snow on the top as well.

 Delaney loved Edgewood and it was their home but it was very old and the winter wind whipped through holes they hadn't even known where there before. Once her fire was stoked, the duchess quickly dressed and left her room so a couple of the men could come in and go about patching what holes in the stonework that they could find.