Carolina
Two days after the banquet, most of the guests had returned to their kingdoms, or whatever it was they had to go back to. I knew that Duke Barnard was lingering around to have a word with me, and the rest of my family.
Even a fool could sense that he was planning to make a marriage offer. I was tempted to take him up on that.
What would he be like as a husband? I did not really know him. He was pleasing on the eyes, with his handsome features, jet black hair, and neatly trimmed beard. The duke also had icy blue eyes that could stand out anywhere, whatever land or time you might end up in.
I could do so much worse.
It was so easy to just say “yes,” but I was afraid to take advantage of him. It would not go well, whether he was a good man or not. If he were good, my guilt w
