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.
The Challenge
Jessamyn fisted her hands as she looked at Jerrick. He looked back at her and, seeing her expression, backed off with a smirk. Jessamyn knew that everything was under control seeing how relaxed Jerrick was. She looked at the man now making lewd gestures to his men standing far away.
Jessamyn let out a deep breath. This was not something between that man and her, personally. He was not insulting a single woman of Ayberia anymore. He had chosen to insult every woman in Ayberia. That too, after kidnapping and treating the Ayberian women as slaves.
He mocked the noble ladies who chose death before they got humiliated. They had to make that extreme choice in excruciating circumstances, and they need not get mocked.
If his brother was in with the smuggling of the women of Ayberia, he should have a hand in it too. He needed to be shown that not all Ayberian women choose to face death rather than disrespect.
Some fight back.