When Wren, a lowly servant of a wealthy family, is kidnapped by pirates and brought before the notorious Captain Harry Styles, she's certain that her life will consist of misery. She's used to serving the snobbish Hadley Aubigné and her family, but...
Harry and I spent long, arduous days alongside the servants, and even some villagers who were willing to help, cleaning, repairing, and restoring the castle. The full process would take months to be sure, but in a week's time, we had made a great deal of progress. The fact that Harry and I were participating in the work surprised a great many of the servants who had suffered under Ernesto's cruel hand. A few of the Styles' family attendants remained from before the evil king had taken reign, some out of loyalty to the queen, some simply because this was all they had ever known. In most cases, the servants were now delighted that Harry had returned and promised them a brighter future.
I marveled at Harry's genuine concern for our loved ones, even before himself. It was no surprise, of course, that he had a magnificent chamber prepared for his mother - the largest in the entire castle - filled with luxuries of every sort, adorned in bright yellows and gold brocade, in the hopes that she would forget her years of horror in the dungeon. She had protested that such indulgence should be wasted on her, but Harry insisted and I fully supported him.
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We also made sure that she had as many personal servants as it would take to make sure she would never have to lift a finger again. I personally assigned Victor as her companion to keep her from becoming lonely. They struck up a fast friendship, which made all of us very happy.
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Harry hadn't told his mother much about our relationship yet. What was there to tell, really, that wouldn't scandalize her or embarrass me? It surely wasn't my own fault that I'd been kidnapped, but the fact that Harry and I were no strangers to passionate sexual encounters would leave me utterly humiliated before the queen. It was silly for me to think that such a secret would ever be told, but I still felt uneasy about it whenever I was around the queen. As planned, we would soon sneak away to be married in secret. It couldn't happen soon enough in my opinion.
Zayn's recovery was going remarkably well. Harry had offered him the esteemed position of being my personal body guard, which I thought unnecessary. But Zayn expressed his desire to continue sailing, so Harry put him and Liam in command of the two ships in his fleet, with the order that they were to procure more vessels and sailors for his service.
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