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
Anger (3)
"I have my own hands, Edgar. Feed yourself. You are the one at risk of getting sick."
"So you should be feeding me. Go on," Edgar placed his fork down and waited for her to use her own to feed him.
Alessandra sighed. She was only doing the things he wanted to keep his mind off of Alfred. She poked her fork into the meat she cut and placed the fork by Edgar's mouth for him to eat.
"How is your head?" Edgar asked after taking a bite, referring to the wound she got from her time in the palace.
"It is fine. It has not hurt since it happened and I placed the cream from the palace on it along with my scars this morning," Alessandra answered.
"I am still going to punish that woman. After I deal with Alfred's attacker."