~ Chapter 1 ~
June 1818 - Kent, England
In the middle of the night, my dreams lose their haze and become vivid memories. My dreams, no longer feel so far away, but instead they are almost skimming my feet. I'm woken by the loudness of the silence. As we sail past the silent countryside, the cold seeps into my bones; shuddering into my body. The sound of the horses hooves' are mulled into a quiet rhythm from their tiring days' work. I open my eyes to look across the empty carriage; and find instantly that my eyes trail outside. However safe inside the the carriage was, the loneliness here was much more daunting, than that which existed in the outside world. My hands clench my navy skirts, for some hope they might ground me to the floor, yet all that glowed back at me, were my stark alabaster hands.
I think of memories that are best left in the past; tracing the pictures into my palm; as if they could conjure up some magic and take me back to the past. Tears prick my eyes, and yet no matter how hard I try to blink them away, this time they wont fade. The time to face my fears has arrived. I can no longer be a coward. I must face the future, before it, comes and faces me.
Vienna laughed bitterly in disbelief at her own naiveness. How could she have possibly believed that she was going to be able to hide away with her Aunt for the rest of her life in Bath? To live the life of the free and hopeful? To live the life of the enchanted? To live surrounded by love, family, dogs, and rambling farms and fields? Nearly ten years of estrangement and now this?! Summons to Eairith?! She'd tried so hard to move forward, yet this had pushed her back all the way to start; back to when she had been 17, alone and heartbroken. She had not been home in a long time. Not since he had left.
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Whisper of Love
Historical FictionThe day after Sebastian Hardesty, 9th Duke of Eairith, married Vienna Hathaway, he was sent away. He returns, 10 years later, to find that both he and Vienna are both very different people. Will this love become fearless or will it float away? And w...
