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
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"Mother, you are going to pass out when I tell you this news. Simon wants to court me," Kate jumped up and down excitedly. She had been keeping in her excitement until the moment he left.
"Well done Kate," Katrina applauded her daughter. It was wonderful for Kate to catch a man like Simon. He was rich and had good connections. "You are going to need new clothes if you are going to be around a man like Simon," she thought about the clothes Kate had been sorting out. Katrina was now unamused by the look of them all. Even the ones Kate wanted to save.
"We should buy new dresses until he has asked for my hand in marriage. I can return the money once I get married to him. I can't wait to tell my friends about this. I knew they were laughing at me because Alessandra married Edgar but looked at me. Grace will boil from jealousy"