The Lord of Devonshire
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Lord Hayes
An upright sensible man with utmost integrity. He's brimful of charismatic and graceful demeanour. In short, the lord was a refined man.
Thus everyone knows him as such.
A planned deceit to conceal his true self.
Lady Elysia Josephine Lockhart
A lively and stable young noble women, deemed to lack the etiquettes to behave ladylike among her social net.
Hence what they failed to acknowledge was her self-driven nature, her subtle humours side and enjoyment of solace in mundane things.
Elysia wanted a simple average life doing what she loved. She was content with what she has. Few trustworthy close knitted friends, a loving family and her passion for art. However, from the moment she met Lord Hayes her world turned upside down.
He was a strange mystery that she wanted no part of.
Yet he made her curious and curiosity killed the cat.
Everything and everyone around her were not what they seemed to be.
And Elys wasn't prepare for what her fate had to offer.
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