swore never to marry.”
“I hate society,” Alistair agreed. “But society respects a title. They can whisper about a concubine until they are hoarse, but they cannot ignore the Duchess of Westland. They will have to bow to you. They will have to step aside in the street. Agatha will have to call you ‘your grace’ if she ever dares to write to you.”
He stepped continue reading …