Chapter 9
Astorre left his suite to see his staff. He'd summoned them for a meeting while his wife slept. He'd covered her with a warm sheet, then stared at her for a few minutes.
She made Montelino Bay nice. Just because she was with him.
He'd slept for an hour and hadn’t had the dream where he'd let his mother and sister down.
The normal horrible nightmare where his father found his sister too, and then him.
But as he headed down the hall with a hum on his breath, he knew this was all because of Clara.
The staff handed him an olive green silk dress that one of the castle seamstresses must have altered for the new Duchess.
Everyone was curious about Clara, so he returned to their chamber with shoes, the dress, and promise from his sister of a formal second lunch and tour of their t
