A sharp ringing filled Ashley's ears.
She had thought she'd already uncovered the worst of it, that she'd seen the full extent of their scheme. But this… this was something else. Even after draining her of everything she was worth, they still planned to send her away, to the Monster Duke.
Everyone knew who he was.
A man who had slaughtered his own kin in a fit of madness. A man whose brides never survived the night.
His castle might have looked like a dream from the outside, but anything tied to him turned into a living nightmare.
And they were going to hand her over to him?
For what? To squeeze out whatever use she had left, then toss her to her death while they stayed here, untouched, living as if nothing had happened?
Ashley's chest tightened, anger and despair twisting together until she could barely breathe.
No.
She refused to accept an ending like that.
And to think it wasn't enough for Nathan to ruin her reputation, he wouldn't even leave her a way out.
