"So, y'see...I 'eard that Lady Edwina's cousin 's marryin' a Frenchman". Silas Rivers, the Barman, told the astonished drunks in The Bailey Thorns Pub.
He rubbed the scar that was on the right-side of his face.
"£3 if she is pregnant with Romain de Gye", a soldier smirked. He wore a regal looking helmet on his head; he also held a silver colored sword in his right hand.
"Did ye 'ear tha' lads...? She 's with the Leader of the French Foreign Legion". More soldiers grumbled; more soldiers drank their Guinnesses, as if to expel the bitter taste that an English Lady would marry into one of England's enemies.
"A shame", Silas sighed, as he drank a glass...and waited for the trouble to begin.
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To love her forever Book two
HistoryczneLondon, England, 1817. Lady Edwina Sharpe is now married to the handsome to Lord Richard Thorne, whose regal standing in High Society is under a cloud of mystery. As she decides to further her power, other Ladies and Lords decide to show her who rea...