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
[Bonus chapter] Punish her (3)
"There is nothing for you to say to her and you won't get the satisfaction you desire from seeing her in my dungeon. Continue as you were with taking care of Alfred and forget that she is here. Nothing will come of you speaking with her," Edgar added when Rose opened her mouth to disagree with him.
He wasn't able to get a word out of his mother so with the bad blood Priscilla and Rose had, there wasn't a response Rose would get from Priscilla. It was like talking to a wall at this point.
"I want to see with my own eyes the state she is in," said Rose, not changing her mind.
"Grandmother, there is no hope for me to have a better relationship with my mother after this but if you wish to have a relationship with your son who cares for his wife, you should not visit her," Edgar offered a bit of advice in effort for his father and grandmother to not have a strained relationship.