Her Stepmother Sent Her to the Duke as a Joke – He Offered Her a Chair Before He Said a Word

gloves kept by the woodbox. She pulled the hot brick from the coals. She wrapped it swiftly and tightly in a thick piece of flannel she found draped over the wood basket. She walked back to him. She knelt beside his chair.

Alistair stiffened violently. “What are you doing?”

“I am treating you like a faulty ledger, your grace. I am fixing the problem.continue reading …