The Duke’s Secret
Category: Romance
The fire had burned down to embers, but neither of them moved to stoke it.
The stars that night seemed closer than they had any right to be.
There were stories told of this place, and none of them ended well.
It was the kind of night when secrets refused to stay buried.
A knock at the door changed everything.
The garden had been her mother’s pride, and now it was hers.
The letter was still on the table, unopened, as it had been for three days.
She had not expected to see him again, not after all these years.
The end.