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The Earl’s Bride
Category: Romance
The map was old, its edges frayed, but the path it showed was unmistakable.
He stood at the edge of the cliff, looking down at the waves crashing below.
He had been waiting for her for what felt like an eternity.
The stars that night seemed closer than they had any right to be.
The garden had been her mother’s pride, and now it was hers.
A knock at the door changed everything.
She smiled, but it did not reach her eyes.
It was the kind of night when secrets refused to stay buried.
The end.