Arthur Shelby is all wrong for you. Your father's an Earl. Your mother descended from a family of the King's closest friends. Both clinging desperately to the last remnants of wealth from centuries past. Your horses and dogs are all you can bear from such a stuffy life. But everything changes when you are given yet another charitable job to do - writing letters to a soldier fighting in the war. And soon, you find yourself longing for him to come home. And terrified for what might happen when he does... *I do not use y/n in writing my stories, you will be called by 'Astor', your last name* Slow burn Will get spicy