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He realized her worth only after she was gone. Can he win her back? #Historical
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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
16:05so
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