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Her Honour For An Heir

Her Honour For An Heir

Author: Alle
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Chapter 1Ā .

Word Count: 1573 Ā Ā Ā |Ā Ā Ā  Released on: 03/01/2023

uched, the nerves replaced with resentment. Seething anger that my husband, a man

ay in his study at Tarrick Hall. His months are my months. As t

my peers. The Season lasts from November to July. Last year I managed just a few balls in March. It was excruciating to

missing Duchess," a line that always made the Du

to finish a needlework pattern. Since our grand showpiece of a wedding a

all but me when he proposed our union to

er's liking. Too much dancing and spirited debate for his liking

yous married union could be. With rambunctious children sure t

woman. Before I knelt before God, dressed in snow-white lace, and swore to honour th

ceiling seemed to swallow me whole. My lively spir

ion but I saw him only as my father's friend. Edmund, Duk

ning me to his chamber throughout our honeymoon in Venice. The lapping of the canal water below ou

sat on the side of the bed roughly jerked away

ready over fifty he was a lean, wiry figure. When dressed in his

becoming wrinkled and flaccid. Youth had fled, leavin

ar to try and produce the necessary rise took that impressive image away swi

d only heard about the act of love at that point. I knew he needed his male part to

ts and drawings that the Duke was lazy enough to leave lying around in his library. Naked bodies entwined, breasts exposed, men's

nths I stared at the mucky pamphlets he had corrected trying to spot the thing t

s volcanic. The realisation h

down, then sat on a chair but nothing. Thankfully his solution after this mortification was to pretend I did not ex

ecial rubs from the far continents. Every newspaper we received carried adv

s so bad I fear he will refuse to visit London entirely this year. Apparently his nerves are b

ster Kitty visits infrequently, finding Tarrick Hall as dull as myself. My mother I do not wish to see. I

se riding. At least my tears vanish into the wind

yself when I hear it. Which is why I remained silent

gardens that lined our drive was my sanctuary. He had his library, study and

ould reply, he continued. "I intend for you to produce an heir. The next London season is in

his conversation he sniffed in derision. He thought me a simpleton, a fact I was happy to allow. With all the readin

d then Sir, y

ndows. "I need an heir for the Tarrick Estate to avoid it going down my hateful brother's line." With

enty being considered old by the wither

lf-corset brutally fastened underneath, around my ribs to ensure my chest was amply displayed whilst

uest who could arrive. I still had youth on my side, although perhaps little els

as merely a beautiful possession,

our sugges

he asked coldly, as if checking wheth

tra to me briefly flickering through my mind. Children would surely relinquish some of the loneliness of

stics to myself shall breed you. Oh and Jeremiah was kicked in the head b

he phrase, so coldly cruel, as if he was discussing racehorses. My vi

ket in order that he might pass his pile

had stabbed my needlework pin de

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