Lost at sea
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Last published Fri, Jul 5, 2019
The year was 1675, in a town on the southern coast of England. A wealthy duke and his daughter lived there in a beautiful mansion facing the great Celtic sea. The duke had begun to spread the word in royal circles that his daughter had become of age and as his only child would have to marry. This of cause was a grand price meant for men of noble bloodlines, but the word had gotten out and far and wide young men began to hope for a chance at the young woman's hand. The word of the young beauty and the money that would follow her father's death, one day boarded a ship soon to return in a brutal way.
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