The Duke’s Secret

Category: Romance

The letter was still on the table, unopened, as it had been for three days.

Some doors, once opened, can never be closed again.

She smiled, but it did not reach her eyes.

The garden had been her mother’s pride, and now it was hers.

The map was old, its edges frayed, but the path it showed was unmistakable.

He was the kind of man who kept his word, even when it cost him.

She had not expected to see him again, not after all these years.

The sword was heavier than she expected, but she did not lower it.

The end.

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