Where Dark Things Dwell
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  • Reads 20
  • Votes 1
  • Parts 2
  • Time 10m
Ongoing, First published Sep 21, 2016
Mature
"If you could choose to go back to where everything was still okay, would you?"
  
  "If it meant erasing every joyful memories I shared with him, then I wouldn't change anything for the world"
  
  In the late hours of the night, a soft humming sound could be heard echoing throughout the grand mansion, the emptiness of the walls reflecting the state of its decay. 
  
  Estelle Westborough, the only daughter and heiress of the esteemed Westborough family gazes at the crystalline windows, her face a look of solemn, desperation to escape the gilded cage built from her family's obligation and mistakes. 
  
  She is to be wed to a stranger, in order to restore the Westborough name, much to her horror. In her attempts to find freedom, she finds herself within the company of the pugnacious gentleman, Tristan Lovett.
  
  Tristan Lovett is frustrated with her stubborn pride. At the same time, he finds himself entranced with her blood red hair and hazel eyes that seem to glow with determination. No matter they both try to deny the inevitable, they always seem to end up choosing each other.
  
   For Estelle many trials and tribulations stand between her and her freedom, including gossip, scandal and class.
  
  In a mansion that is hidden in the forest primeval, just how long can she last?
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