Cruel Carnations
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Last published Sun, Oct 8, 2023
Cordelia De Cadieux, comes from Aristocracy. Her ancestors were high ranking nobles in the court of the Kingdom of Exterrerios until a betrayal threw her family out of power and exiled them to the kingdom of Vastities. Now years later, she has arrived with her remnant family back to the Kingdom of Exterrerios for a new beginning only to be wed to a High Lord.
Sebastian Domínguez, the son of a High Lord in the Court of Exterrerios enjoys a privileged life of comfort with his numerous mistresses until honor dictates his wedding to Lady Cordelia in order to extract a debt.
A wedding doomed from the beginning
and a Union neither one can break,
Will the sacred carnations celebrate, the funeral of two hearts
Or the union of two souls?
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