𝐖𝐞𝐥𝐥, 𝐃𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐞...𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐝 𝐕𝐢𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐚 𝐩𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠...𝐂𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐚 𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐛𝐞𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐞𝐫. 𝐒𝐞𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦 𝐚𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐑𝐢𝐜𝐤 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧. 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐝𝐨𝐧'𝐭 𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐦. 𝐖𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐥𝐢𝐞 𝐡𝐢𝐦, 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐝𝐬 𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐞𝐬. 𝐀𝐥𝐥 𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐰𝐚𝐫 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐉𝐨𝐞𝐥. 𝐈 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐤 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐎𝐩𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐚 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐬𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐰𝐞𝐝 𝐮𝐩 𝐟𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐬. 𝐈 𝐚𝐥𝐬𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐤 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐢𝐭. 𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐬 𝐎𝐩𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐚 𝐰𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠..."𝐖𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐚𝐟𝐞𝐫?" 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐰𝐞𝐫 𝐦𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐛𝐞...𝐧𝐞𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫!! 🤦♀️🙄😡
𝐒𝐢𝐠𝐡...𝐧𝐨, 𝐕𝐢𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐚 𝐝𝐢𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬. 𝐒𝐞 𝐤𝐧𝐞𝐰 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐠𝐮𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐛𝐥𝐞, 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐭𝐨𝐨 𝐬𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐭, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐜𝐤𝐥𝐲 𝐛𝐥𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐎𝐩𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐚. 𝐍𝐨𝐰, 𝐰𝐞 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐬𝐞𝐞 𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐨𝐛𝐬𝐞𝐯𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐞𝐲𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐬𝐩𝐢𝐞𝐝 𝐎𝐩𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐚...𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐦𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐥𝐲 𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐚 𝐫𝐨𝐥𝐥...𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐨𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬... 👀🙄😡
𝐍𝐨𝐫𝐚...𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐠𝐨...𝐬𝐮𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐛𝐲 𝐬𝐭𝐮𝐩𝐢𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐲. 𝐕𝐢𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐚...𝐛𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐝 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐟𝐞, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐲...𝐟𝐚𝐫 𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐥𝐞. 𝐂𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐚...🤷🏼♀️ 𝐈 𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐤 𝐨𝐟 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐭𝐞, 𝐲𝐞𝐭 𝐚𝐥𝐬𝐨 𝐟𝐚𝐫 𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐥𝐞...🤔
𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐨𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐭 𝐅𝐌 𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐬𝐞𝐞𝐦𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐝𝐢𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐫 𝐚 𝐛𝐢𝐭 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐖𝐞𝐛𝐍𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐥 𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧. 𝐈 𝐝𝐨𝐧'𝐭 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐢𝐟 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐨𝐧 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞. 𝐇𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫, 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐨𝐧 𝐖𝐍 𝐈 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐚 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐈 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝, 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐢𝐬 𝐜𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲. 𝐎𝐮𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬, 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐠𝐨𝐞𝐬 𝐚 𝐟𝐞𝐰 𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐚𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐝, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐬. 𝐈 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐟𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐭. 𝐈 𝐨𝐧'𝐭 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐚𝐥𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐲 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐢𝐟 𝐚𝐧𝐲, 𝐨𝐫 𝐢𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐝𝐢𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐨𝐧 𝐏𝐨𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐭 𝐅𝐌, 𝐬𝐨 𝐈 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐈 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞. 𝐄𝐱𝐜𝐞𝐩𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐃𝐮𝐤𝐞'𝐬 𝐌𝐚𝐬𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐟𝐞, 𝐈 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐚𝐭 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐭𝐰𝐢𝐜𝐞. 𝐈 𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐫 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐈 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐠𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐢𝐭 𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐈 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐰𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐧. 𝐈𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐧'𝐭 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐬, 𝐈 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐤 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐞𝐧𝐣𝐨𝐲 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐮𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦, 𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐥𝐮𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐃𝐮𝐤𝐞'𝐬 𝐌𝐚𝐬𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐖𝐢𝐟𝐞. ♥️ 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐊𝐢𝐧𝐠'𝐬 𝐔𝐧𝐛𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐤𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐖𝐢𝐟𝐞 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐃𝐮𝐤𝐞'𝐬 𝐌𝐚𝐬𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐖𝐢𝐟𝐞 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐊𝐧𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭'𝐬 𝐌𝐲𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐌𝐚𝐢𝐝 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐃𝐮𝐤𝐞'𝐬 𝐌𝐚𝐬𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐖𝐢𝐟𝐞 2: 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐏𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐞'𝐬 𝐎𝐮𝐭𝐜𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐁𝐫𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐋𝐚𝐝𝐲 𝐂𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐬
♥️𝐌𝐞 𝐭𝐨𝐨!!
"Before both of them?" Ruelle's eyebrows raised. That meant the woman had seen Lucian when he was a little boy and she smiled, wondering if he had been the same then as he was now.
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𝐈 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐚𝐲...𝐈 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐌𝐚𝐮𝐝𝐞!! 🤗
"My father had served Lord Slater's father. My family has kept this house in order for as long as the records allow," there was a hint of pride in the woman's stoic voice.
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𝐈 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐩𝐢𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐠 𝐋𝐮𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐈 𝐬𝐞𝐞 𝐒𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐝𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐠 𝐒𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐝𝐨𝐧... (𝐓𝐡𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐟𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐚𝐫 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐁𝐢𝐠 𝐁𝐚𝐧𝐠 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐨𝐫𝐲)!!
"Before both of them?" Ruelle's eyebrows raised. That meant the woman had seen Lucian when he was a little boy and she smiled, wondering if he had been the same then as he was now.
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𝐈 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐤 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐞𝐬 𝐛𝐨𝐭𝐡...𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚 𝐫𝐞𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝!! ♥️
Ruelle's eyes widened and she shook her head. She blurted as they began to walk, "There is nothing to celebrate." A small laugh escaped from her lips, because she didn't want to end up in another hunt again.
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Sacrificial Bride to the Feared Lord Hastings
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