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.
A Shocking Statement
Jerrick's hold on her hand tightened as they walked closer. Jessamyn's heart clenched at the sight of the lined-up coffins of young girls under the marble stairs of the Divine Judiciary Council, right beneath the imposing statue of Goddess Levana.
The gracious goddess, depicted with serene compassion, seemed to look down upon the young girls who had been cruelly taken before their time. The laments of their grieving mothers echoed through the square, heart-wrenching and piercing.
Apparently, the dead bodies of those missing young girls were found in the Great Green Forest by some members of the merchants guild last night.
On the platform above the stairs sat Archon Erlan, the right-hand Archon of The Primarch—the head of the church. He was the same Archon who had applauded the loss of her titles, deeming her an ill omen from birth.