A poignant period short drama about the heavy price of pride and the agony of lost love. After coldly casting his wife aside for status and power, the Duke realizes his devastating mistake too late. "The Duke's Regret - He Repented After Abandoning His Wife" follows an emotional journey of a man desperate to win back the heart he once broke.
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00:02they say every beautiful story starts the same way a hero saves a damsel and she gives him her
00:08heart forever but my story is not that it was my wedding night to duke kyle blackwood his lips were
00:14just inches from mine about to complete our vows then his servant burst pale and panicked your
00:20grace miss lena has collapsed her father just passed away without a word he abandoned our
00:26wedding and rushed out of the manor into the night from down the hall his voice carried through the
00:30house best physician in london at once lena is weak how can she bear such grief i stood there
00:36looking at the spilled wine the overturned table amanda my mother's maid her eyes were red lady
00:42alara this is too much tonight was your wedding night he left a lady of the realm alone on her
00:50wedding night for a court attack this is a disgrace all high society knew it all the noble world knew
00:56it the great duke of blackwood's heart had long belonged to that courtesan tonight i lived the
01:01truth of it and the truth was worse than any rumor the wedding candles burned through the night
01:06the duke did not come back
01:10but the truth is the rumors started long before our wedding duke kyle blackwood had stepped in to
01:16protect a fragile young woman named lena a courtesan who was being harassed by powerful
01:20nobles at the top salons lena was the kind of woman you couldn't look away from slender seemingly
01:26fragile but with the beauty that left every noble in the room speechless a lord tried to force her into
01:32marriage the duke stopped a hero saves a helpless woman she gives him her heart an old table but then
01:39the duke said something that surprised everyone i have no duchess so i will not take a mistress lightly
01:45lena deserves better than that she should not be treated that way the queen heard about it too
01:49she worried i would be hurt so before the wedding she called me to the palace alora you've heard the
01:55rumors about blackwood and that corsant if you're not comfortable with this match i can cancel it
02:00i won't blame you my parents and brothers can all die fighting for the realm the queen honored house
02:06calloway's sacrifice and took me in she gave me something almost no woman had ever received
02:11she let me inherit the calloway family title she had always been more than fair to me
02:16far more than the crown required but becoming duchess of blackwood was the queen's own command
02:21it couldn't be undone easily so i knelt before her and said what i had to say
02:25your majesty i am not wronged the duke is one of the most powerful noble of esholy's generation
02:33this is exactly the married i want there's no need to cancel it as for the rumors noble marriages
02:39were never about love as long as he didn't humiliate me after the wedding i could live with it but
02:44i
02:44never imagined that the humiliation of my wedding night was only the beginning
02:50the next morning i went to pay my respects to the duke's mother kyle was already there lena clung to
02:56his side dressed head to toe in black mourning clothes it was a style noble woman almost never
03:02wore its hem barely reaches her thighs she hid behind the duke she swayed like she might collapse
03:07at any moment then right in front of me she sank into a deep curtsy lena greets the duchess last
03:13night was all my fault i ruined your grace's wedding night please punish me however you wish then the
03:18duke's face was caught between guilt and pleading her father just died she has no one now nobles are
03:24circling her trying to force her into marriage she has nowhere to go i thought i could take her
03:29as my mistress give her a place to belong if you can't accept this i'll send her away at once
03:34and
03:35you'll never see her again lena wept in silence she lifted her head her face soft and helpless
03:40please your grace have mercy lena has nowhere else to go if there's no place for me here then lena
03:47would
03:47rather die elora the decision is yours
03:53our family is known for kindness and generosities as duchess i trust you choose the true one
04:04i
04:07taking her as a mistress costs you nothing her status will never surpass yours if i refused i was cruel
04:13if i accepted i was a fool the play had been written before i even walked through the door
04:17my lord saved lena's life lena swore to repay him i am willing to take the medicine and will never
04:23challenge your position elora lena doesn't scheme you don't have to be so hard on her
04:31your grace please my lady can't take that potion she's already carrying the duke's child help her up at
04:37once a woman with child must not perform deep kerfels why didn't you tell me how long have you
04:43been carrying this alone i thought i would quietly end the pregnancy myself so you wouldn't have to
04:47suffer because of me elora even if this child is born it will never surpass your children but this
04:53is kale's blood we cannot abandon it when the child is born it will call you mother i looked at
05:00the three
05:00of them watching their tears and performance i smiled if his feelings are as deep as the rumors
05:06say he should make her duchess that would be a love story worth telling for generations
05:11kale relaxed at the first half of my words then the second half hit his face hardened make her duchess
05:18elora lena and i have never what never loved each other or the child she's carrying isn't yours
05:23you once announced i will not take mistresses lightly now i understand what those words really meant
05:28not a mistress just a secret kept in the shadows isn't that right duchess lena is not that kind
05:37of woman lena only only loves him i never asked for more not even a mistress then that's worse
05:45at least a mistress has a title without one what will her child be when it's born a bastard with
05:51no
05:51standing in society lena didn't mean whatever you meant i will give your love exactly what it deserves
05:58my lady last night's wedding ceremony was never completed the duke spent his wedding night with
06:03lena all of my attendants saw it every servant in this manner can testify to it therefore this
06:08engagement is void
06:12what do you mean i know last night was my fault but lena's father had just died i had no
06:17choice
06:18this won't happen again we start over i will spend the rest of my life making this up to you
06:23alara
06:24if you dissolve this engagement you are trampling the queen's command do you understand what that
06:29means
06:31hale this engagement was the queen's gift and you buried it on the very first night abandoning your
06:36duchess to comfort a court sir if the queen seeks to punish anyone she will not punish the orphan
06:40daughter of a general that you abandoned you speak to me of duty when you decided what she needed did
06:44you spare even one second to think of me duchess please this is all lena's fault i will leave the
06:50manor right now you will never see me again i will never let the duke fall into trouble because of
06:55me
06:56she stepped closer and lowered her voice so only i could hear lady calloway he has always chosen me
07:02he always will you never had a chance if you leave the queen will punish the duke please if anyone
07:08should go let it be me if you really want me to stay then hear this clearly if i stay
07:13you will never
07:14set foot in this manner again not once lena doesn't know what to do please duchess tell lena
07:24she turned to the duke her voice turning small and fragile kail did lena do something wrong lena
07:30only wanted to repay you lena can be a servant lena asks for nothing only please let lena stay by
07:36your
07:36side alara let her stay she defers to you in everything you have my word he still thought he
07:45was worth bargaining duke kail my answer stands the engagement has dissolved from this day forward
07:52your life has nothing to do with mine lena clutched her black mourning dress putting on a pitiful act as
07:58she made to turn away if the duchess has no place for me then i shall leave there's no need
08:03for more words
08:04kyle grabbed her arm you're not going anywhere i am the duke of blackwood everything in this malice
08:11is mine to decide he turned to me i am merely giving her a protected status what noble house in
08:20london hasn't taken in a woman in distress what duchess would make such a scene over this he slowly
08:25stood up straight you're nothing more than an orphan sheltered by royal favor your title was given
08:31your status was given step outside this manor you have nowhere to go do you really believe the queen
08:38will go to war with house blackwood over you he thought he had cornered me he forgot what i was
08:44i was the daughter of the callowah hill line before fourth crown ever took me in i was already forged
08:50in
08:50iron and blood true nobility does not kneel amanda my voice carried clear and steady through the hall
08:57pack our things raise the callowage crest i lifted my gaze cold and proud we are returning to the
09:06calloway estate the room went silent
09:15this is no retreat it is the beginning of his ruin the calloway estate had been sealed for over a
09:23decade
09:24since my father and brothers fell on colonial battlefields this manor once the very symbol of
09:30english marshal nobility had been locked away untouched life left the servants shine the silver
09:36candle lips and brass fixtures they relit the marble hearts in the great hall i personally oversee
09:42the restoration of the family library and the gallery of military honors my father's battle maps
09:48his sword his portrait his medals every detail placed according to the strict customs of victorian
09:56nobility i stood at the center of the great hall looking up at the portraits of my ancestors my spine
10:03was straight i had lost an engagement i had lost the shelter of a husband but i had not lost
10:09my blood
10:10i had not lost my honor on the seventh day after the estate came back to life a carriage bearing
10:17the royal
10:18crest drew up before the gates a royal messenger in red uniform bowed and presented a letter sealed with
10:25wax the summons from the palace had arrived i entered the carpeted audience chamber lowered myself into
10:34a graceful curty before the queen then knelt in silence back straight waiting to be addressed
10:39i knelt before her composure unbroken your majesty the engagement between myself and the duke of
10:46blackwood cannot proceed his heart belongs to another and miss lena is already with child beside me
10:53amanda knelt as well tears streaming down her face as she recounted every detail of the wedding night
11:00the queen listened from her throne her expression growing darker by the moment
11:06i knew blackwood was frivolous of heart she said at last but i did not him so bold to abandon
11:14a royal
11:14engagement on the wedding night itself for a courtesaire
11:20she exhaled slowly her tone softening as she offered a reminder but illara if you retreat to the
11:28calloway estate now london society will talk i lifted my gaze my eyes were clear my voice was steady
11:35your majesty your majesty the fault was not mine my father and brothers gave their lives for this realm
11:43the honor of house calloway i can uphold it myself the queen was silent for a long moment then
11:50something like approval surfaced in her eyes you are truly your father's daughter strength honor house
11:58callahan will rise again by your hand with those words the audience this matter of dignity of honor
12:04came to its close and i at last had walked completely out of the cage called marriage three days after
12:14my
12:14audience at the palace the queen's royal gifts began arriving at the calloway estate word spread the
12:21tide of london society turned overnight the lords the generals widows the ladies of title
12:26those who had kept their distance when my engagement fell apart now sent their calling cards eager to
12:34renew their ties with house calloway the countess of harwit came herself she took both my hands in
12:40hers her voice earnest elara you carry the spirit of a warrior's daughter you have the crown's favor
12:48you deserve nothing less than the finest this world has to offer blackwood and that quarter set they are
12:55but specks of dust in your path do not waste a thought on them i received them with poise every
13:01gesture impaculate neither pride nor resentment marved my composure victorian high society does not
13:09weep for tears it bows only to those who hold their honor high and stand with their backs straight i
13:15had not
13:16cried i had not begged i had not clung to any man and yet by blood of the calloway line
13:23by the trust of the crown
13:25i had claimed the most honorable place in london society all of this kale blackwood did not yet know
13:32he still believed in his innocence that i was merely smoking that in a few days i would swallow my
13:39pride and
13:40come back to blackwood manor he would never know that i had already walked towards something far
13:45freer far brighter far more my own than any duchess's title could ever be
13:53kale had always believed that i was merely throwing a tantrum a bride wronged on her wedding night nothing
13:59more he was certain that in a few days i would swallow my pride return to blackwood manor not until
14:05the crown's gifts arrived at calloway house not until the old allies entitled ladies began arriving
14:10at my door did the truth finally strike him i was never coming back i submitted the formal dissolution
14:17of the engagement to the ecclesiastical court for filing soon after the queen addressed the matter at
14:22court blackwood has set aside the match i arranged for him in favor to a courtesate i will not force
14:30a
14:31man to honor what he has already dishonored all of london understood clearly the queen's displeasure
14:36was never with me the disappointment the disdain they belonged to kale blackwood when word reached
14:41blackwood manor kale found himself like a beast caught in a trap no room to maneuver he had no choice
14:48left but to marry the courtesan who carried his child but he never understood that in the world of
14:52victorian nobility no great house would ever accept a courtesan wearing the blackwood ducal crown
14:57he had torn apart the crown's dignity with his own hands and with those same hands he had thrown his
15:03family's honor into the mud the humiliation that awaited him the mockery had only just begun
15:11in london a noble wedding was never a private matter it was a ceremony of lineage of honor of
15:17the crown's recognition but the wedding of kyle and lena was a laughing got from the very start on
15:21the day of the ceremony the guests filled the hall yet not a single heart carried genuine well wishes
15:26they had all come to witness how this scandal would unfold let the bride step forward to receive her
15:32vows suddenly her face changed her stomach turned she could no longer hold it back before the eyes of
15:40every guest lena bent over and vomited onto the ceremonial carpet the air frozen then pandemonium
15:47she's already with her child who the father is only she knows take her away the honor of house
15:55blackman has been dragged through the mud the hasty wedding barely begun ended in contempt and chaos
16:00the once charming duke of blackwood had become overnight the greatest joke in london's
16:05happiness
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16:05apple
16:05and
16:05the
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