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

said quietly, looking at the pattern on the ruined rug. “He would scream if the bedsheets touched his foot. We used hot bricks. It tricks the nerves.”

“I am not screaming.”

“You were considering it.”

Alistair finally opened his eyes and looked down at her. She was kneeling on the floor, the hem of her gray dress soaking up the spilled black ink. She looked continue reading …