![]() ![]() ![]() Other than that, they resembled the twins they used to pretend to be back in childhood days. Royce had chosen a burgundy waistcoat while Trey had selected one of peridot green. Both were dressed immaculately in the requisite dark evening clothes. ![]() Her brothers, Royce and Trey, stared back at her through the dimly lit interior of the closed coach. A light rain was falling, rendering the passing world soft and blurred around the edges. The conspicuous absence of their father was noted, but he would arrive at the ball later once his business endeavor had concluded. I can’t consign my life to being his duchess. It was the evening of the Duke of Ballantrae’s annual summer ball, and the time had come for her to tender an answer to his question of two days ago. The carriage in which she sat rolled ponderously through the crowded Mayfair streets toward St. “I can’t do this,” Jane whispered as she clenched her gloved hands tightly in her lap. ![]()
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