The Dukes Last Wife

Before she became the Dowager Duchess... she fell in love with the wrong man.
And married the one who would destroy her.

At Twenty one, Alice Everly was promised to the Duke of Wrenmoor-a man with wealth, power, and eyes that never softened. She entered his grand estate with grace, silence, and a name she was expected to preserve.

She was not his first wife.
But she would be his last.

Now, years later, the house remembers.
So do the portraits.
So does she.

There are stories hidden beneath the chandeliers and wilted roses.
Of the artist who saw too much.
Of the sister who crossed too many lines.
Of the night the Duke never woke up.

And the woman who walked away from it all with blood on her hands and no regret in her heart.

Before she became the Dowager Duchess...
she became something far more dangerous.

A/N: This story contains mature themes including DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, sexual themes, emotional abuse, death, manipulation, and power imbalance within a historical marriage. It also touches on betrayal between sisters and the psychological weight of survival. Although some parts are Historically correct, this is still a story on Fiction.

some scenes may be emotionally heavy or unsettling in ways you'd want to not read.

Please read with care, and know your comfort always comes first.