Good Duke Gone Rogue: A Historical Regency Romance Novel (The Good Dukes) by Eliana Piers

Author:Eliana Piers [Piers, Eliana]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: anonymous
Published: 2024-03-15T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 11

BERNADETTE DIDN’T EVEN NOTICE the tears streaming down her face as she galloped away with Vi. Not until they slowed back down to a walk did she feel them cleansing her. This was a chance for a fresh start.

Her previous marriage had been dry. Hollow. Numb. From their very first meal together as a married couple, when he decided to take dinner at his club, she had known what kind of relationship they would have. Her first birthday as a wife passed much in the same way. Alone. He was out somewhere. Not with her. Hindsight would suggest that at least several of those nights at his club he had been gambling. In fact, for him to accumulate enough debts to deplete his coffers within two years of his passing indicated he probably spent more time gambling than eating.

Little had she known…

She thought she knew enough about him. At least, she thought her family did. He was her father’s friend, the only man that would take her without a dowry and provide for her and her parents. So she had thought. He was never cruel. He was never…nothing. They simply existed in the same space. That was no way to live a life. It had all been arranged so that she would be secure and he would have his heir. And though she had been secure for a while, it was meant to last forever. Now she knew that nothing lasted forever. It lasted as long as it was meant to last, and a person better be resourceful enough to make new plans when needed. Hence now making new plans.

Her options were bleak. But there was a thread of hope. The note she held in her possession was a lifeline. She could dig in, borrow money, and learn everything she could possibly absorb about horses. She could stud the racehorse. Train the horse. Well, have someone train him. And she could wait it out and pray that her horse would win races. It was a high risk high reward option. But it required a few things she was low on: time, money, and risk tolerance.

Perhaps if she had the time to wait it out and see if the horse was a winner, the prospect would excite her. And just the propensity for excitement delighted her. She hadn’t felt such wonder for far too long. If there was a way to share that excitement, that thrill, that delight with other young girls to give them hope…well, that was a dream she wasn’t sure she could dream.

But she did feel like a new woman. A woman who could start to believe in herself again. A woman willing to try. Not just for her son, but herself as well. Maybe one day she could share that belief beyond her and her son. For now, she had newfound strength and vigor to live a life worthy of her soul.

Determined to find the resources for her and Jacob, Bernadette focused on the note and its claim.

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