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
Keeping secrets (2)
"My apologies for disturbing your family so early in the morning. We have a lot to discuss," Mark said, entering the front door with papers in his hands. He came alone for this visit. "Lady Sullivan," Mark greeted Priscilla.
"Finally someone not mistakenly using the Collins name. Where were you during my divorce, Mark?" Priscilla asked. She knew Mark because of attending parties with Edmund which involved members of the court.
"I don't normally deal with divorces unless a case I am dealing with calls for it," Mark replied.
"Then you should have told me to attempt to kill Edmund so you can have the case. The man who dealt with mine kept letting Edmund's mother speak over him. Why did he even let her in the room in the first place? I get annoyed every time I think about it. Go on and speak with the two of them. I will take a tour around a house I have been banished from for years. I will see what changed," Priscilla said, leaving to give herself a tour.