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The Duke's Regret - He Repented After Abandoning His Wife
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00:03they 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
00:43alara 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 a beauty that left every noble in the room speechless a lord tried to force her into
01:32marriage the duke stopped her a hero saves a helpless woman she gives him her heart an old tale
01:38but then the duke said something that surprised everyone i have no duchess so i will not take a
01:44mistress lightly lena deserves better than that she should not be treated that way the queen heard
01:49about it too she worried i would be hurt so before the wedding she called me to the palace
01:53allura you've heard the rumors about blackwood and that corsant if you're not comfortable with
01:59this match i can cancel it i won't blame you my parents and brothers can all die fighting
02:04allura the queen honored house calloway's sacrifice and took me in she gave me something almost no woman
02:10had ever received she let me inherit the calloway family title she had always been more than fair
02:15to me far more than the crown required but becoming duchess of blackwood was the queen's own command
02:22couldn't be undone easily so i knelt before her and said what i had to say your majesty
02:27i am not wronged the duke is one of the most powerful noble of sroili'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
02:44but i never 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
02:56to his side dressed head to toe in black mourning clothes it was a style noble women almost never wore
03:02its hem barely reaches her thighs she hid behind the duke she swayed like she might collapse at any
03:08moment then right in front of me she sank into a deep curtsy lena greets the duchess last night was
03:13all my fault i ruined your grace's wedding night please punish me however you wish then the duke's
03:18face 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 as
03:29my mistress give her a place to belong if you can't accept this i'll send her away at once and
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
03:46then lena would rather die allura 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
04:23never challenge your position alora 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
04:36help her up at once a woman with child must not perform deep curfuls why didn't you tell me
04:42how long have you been carrying this alone i thought i would quietly end the pregnancy myself
04:46so you wouldn't have to suffer because of me alara even if this child is born it will never surpass
04:52your children but this is kale's blood we cannot abandon it when the child is born it will call you
04:59mother i looked at the three of them watching their tears and performance i smiled if his feelings
05:05are as deep as the rumors say he should make her duchess that would be a love story worth telling
05:10for generations kale relaxed at the first half of my words then the second half hit his face hardened
05:16make her duchess alara lena and i have never what never loved each other or the child she's carrying
05:23isn't yours you once announced i will not take mistresses lightly now i understand what those
05:27words really meant not a mistress just a secret kept in the shadows isn't that right
05:35duchess lena is not that kind of woman lena only only loves him i never asked for more
05:42not even a mistress then that's worse at least a mistress has a title without one what will her
05:49child be when it's born a bastard with no standing in society lena didn't mean whatever you meant i
05:55will give your love exactly what it deserves my lady last night's wedding ceremony was never
06:01completed the duke spent his wedding night with lena all of my attendants saw it every servant in
06:05this manner can testify to it therefore this engagement 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
06:24alara
06:24if you dissolve this engagement you are trampling the queen's command do you understand what that means
06:31pale this engagement was the queen's gift and you buried it on the very first night abandoning
06:36your duchess to comfort a court sir if the queen seeks to punish anyone she will not punish the
06:40orphan daughter of a general that you abandoned you speak to me of duty when you decided what she
06:44needed did you spare even one second to think of me duchess please this is all lena's fault i will
06:50leave the manor right now you will never see me again i will never let the duke fall into trouble
06:54because of me she stepped closer and lowered her voice so only i could hear lady galloway he has
07:01always chosen me he always will you never had a chance if you leave the queen will punish the duke
07:07please if anyone should go let it be me you really want me to stay then hear this clearly if
07:13i stay
07:13you will never set foot in this manner again not once lena doesn't know what to do please duchess
07:22tell lena she turned to the duke her voice turning small and fragile kail did lena do something wrong
07:30lena only wanted to repay you lena can be a servant lena asks for nothing only please let lena stay
07:36by
07:36your side 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 is 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 full crown ever took me in i was already forged
08:50in
08:50blood 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
09:10the room went silent
09:15this is no retreat it is the beginning of his ruin
09:20the calloway estate had been sealed for over a decade since my father and brothers fell on
09:26colonial battlefields this manor once the very symbol of english martial nobility had been locked
09:32away untouched life left the servants shine the silver candle lips and brass fixtures they relit the
09:39marble hearts in the great hall i personally oversee the restoration of the family library and the
09:45gallery of military honors my father's battle maps his sword his portrait his medals every detail
09:53placed according to the strict customs of victorian nobility i stood at the center of the great hall
09:59looking up at the portraits of my ancestors my spine was straight i had lost an engagement i had lost
10:06the
10:06shelter of a husband but i had not lost my blood i had not lost my honor on the seventh
10:14day after the
10:15estate came back to life a carriage bearing the royal crest drew up before the gates a royal messenger
10:21in red uniform bowed and presented a letter sealed with wax the summons from the palace had arrived
10:29i entered the carpeted audience chamber lowered myself into a graceful curty before the queen
10:35then knelt in silence back straight waiting to be addressed i knelt before her composure unbroken
10:42your majesty the engagement between myself and the duke of blackwood cannot proceed
10:47his heart belongs to another and miss lena is already with child beside me amanda knelt as well
10:55tears streaming down her face as she recounted every detail of the wedding night the queen listened from
11:01her throne her expression growing darker by the moment i knew blackwood was frivolous of heart
11:08she said at last but i did not him so bold to abandon a royal engagement on the wedding night
11:16itself
11:17for a courtesaire
11:21she exhaled slowly her tone softening as she offered a reminder
11:25but illara if you retreat to the calloway estate now london society will talk i lifted my gaze
11:33my eyes were clear my voice was steady your majesty the fault was not mine my father and brothers gave
11:42their lives for this realm the honor of house calloway i can uphold it myself the queen was silent
11:48for a long moment then something like approval surfaced in her eyes you are truly your father's
11:54daughter strength honor house callaghan will rise again by your hand with those words the audience
12:02this matter of dignity of honor came to its close and i at last had walked completely out of the
12:11cage
12:11called marriage three days after my audience at the palace the queen's royal gifts began arriving
12:18at the calloway estate word spread the tide of london society turned overnight the lords the generals widows
12:25the ladies of title those who had kept their distance when my engagement fell apart now sent their calling
12:32cards eager to renew their ties with house calloway the countess of harwit came herself
12:39she took both my hands in hers her voice earnest elara you carry the spirit of a warrior's daughter
12:47you have the crown's favor you deserve nothing less than the finest this world has to offer
12:53blackwood and that cordycet they are but specks of dust in your path do not waste a thought on them
12:59i received them with poise every gesture impaculate neither pride nor resentment marved my composure
13:06victorian high society does not weep for tears it bows only to those who hold their honor high
13:13and stand with their backs straight i had not cried i had not begged i had not clung to any
13:20man
13:20and yet by blood of the calloway line by the trust of the crown i had claimed the most honorable
13:27place
13:28in london society all of this kale blackwood did not yet know he still believed in his innocence
13:35that i was merely smoking that in a few days i would swallow my pride and come back to blackwood
13:41manor he would never know that i had already walked towards something far freer far brighter
13:47far more my own than any duchess's title could ever be
13:53kale had always believed that i was merely throwing a tantrum
13:56a bride wronged on her wedding night nothing more
13:59he was certain that in a few days i would swallow my pride return to blackwood manor not until the
14:05crown's gifts arrived at calloway house not until the old allies entitled ladies began arriving at my
14:11door did the truth finally strike him i was never coming back i submitted the formal dissolution of
14:17the engagement to the ecclesiastical court for filing soon after the queen addressed the matter at court
14:24blackwood has set aside the match i arranged for him in favor to a courtesate
14:29i will not force a man to honor what he has already dishonored
14:33all of london understood clearly the queen's displeasure was never with me
14:37the disappointment the disdain they belonged to kale blackwood
14:40when word reached blackwood manor kale found himself like a beast caught in a trap
14:45no room to maneuver he had no choice left but to marry the courtesan who carried his child
14:50but he never understood that in the world of victorian nobility no great house would ever
14:55accept a courtesan wearing the blackwood ducal crown he had torn apart the crown's dignity with
15:00his own hands and with those same hands he had thrown his family's honor into the mud
15:05the 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 the
15:17crown's
15:17recognition but the wedding of kyle and lena was a laughing got from the very start on the day of
15:22the 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 vows
15:35suddenly 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
15:52take her away the honor of house blackman has been dragged through the mud the hasty wedding
15:58barely begun and ended in contempt and chaos the once charming duke of blackwood had become overnight
16:03the greatest joke in london's noble
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