Grafterdawn
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"I will not allow my family to be entangled with scandal!"
"Then you should not have entangled yourself with me."
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Seraphina Arlington is broken glass. She is the most defiant individual the ton has ever seen. While some women are labelled the seasons diamond, the queen went out of her way to label Seraphina the seasons thorn.
She comes from a shattered home, the Arlington name has been scorned for years after her mother, Lady Arabella Arlington, was caught in a love affair with Lord Sebastian Whitcombe. The world tarnished the name of her mother and never let it go, while Lord Whitcombe fled the ton and his mistakes were forgotten.
Her father is cold, his only love being for the families reputation which causes him to immediately find a way to resolve the tension between the Arlingtons and the rest of the ton. This mean having his son, Edmund, marry the diamond of the season, who just happened to be the younger sister of one Anthony Bridgerton.
The issue is that Seraphina cannot stand Anthony, she believes him to be a cruel man with a lust for nothing but duty, and that reminds far too much of her father. So now that they are forced to be in proximity as their siblings courtship unravels, Seraphina can't help but see him, yes as a rake, but also as far more than what she had once presumed.
Bridgerton Fanfic
Anthony Bridgerton x fem!OC