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

to the fire, but his right leg buckled instantly. He caught himself on the edge of the heavy oak desk with a suppressed, violent hiss of pain, knocking his inkwell to the floor. The black ink shattered against the wood, splashing across the rug.

Alistair cursed, a vicious, guttural string of filth he had likely learned in the barracks of Spain. He sank continue reading …