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

drive. Norah wiped the condensation from the glass.

Rookwood loomed out of the storm. It was not the pristine, manicured palace one expected of a dukedom.

It was a sprawling ancient beast of dark stone, heavy with ivy and shadowed by massive twisted oak trees. It looked exactly like a place where a man might retreat to hate the world in peace.

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