RP Chapter 07
by FreyaChapter 7
Diane nearly screamed 0fd276fa67 at the sudden 63e010b681 voice behind her. She turned around 06eefaaab9 slowly in shock.64db28ff65a3a2a1
Ellie, the young maid, b022f83f23 was standing there blinking 7bab9bfeea innocently. Diane had no 13df793cee idea how long f72947d4f2 she’d been there.e1d985c4e0aa0437
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“When did you 4de1273db7 get here?” Diane 009817c345 asked.c67d05cf5999b9c6
“Didn’t you 55b2f5bedc hear me c41726e559 knock?”edee4897bb3e5cfd
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Ellie tilted her 3b64876b35 head, confused. Then her eyes widened df88f865d4 as she rushed over 1c9742ba87 to Diane’s bedside.6005a9a878dea9b9
“Oh no, my lady. Did you have 9bf4b0116a a nightmare? You’re soaked in b267c77b20 sweat!”9638ae1287fc9bce
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“No.”283450ffec867932
Diane quickly denied it, 48b8b67589 avoiding Ellie’s concerned gaze.915ced3b429fc0b1
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Ellie was still 8717758796 a new maid d7ada9f4ad in Winderbury, but e8d46aaeb2 even she must 9e7575d73b have heard the 302db87b45 rumors — that 4b179ca9c6 the young lady b9380b6c88 of the house 55e896765f was mad.53cb4ba6994b550c
If anyone found out 7a5a3a87da that Diane was still bef8af85ce plagued by nightmares, the 54a0a03435 Count and Countess might 1528adda7a send her away again…4c498299fdc85b99
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A flash of 17d921011a memory hit her 3f991ab50a — the gray, 7ac2376aee suffocating room like ba99618657 a prison cell, ad39c164bb the overwhelming smell b165bf8273 of chemicals and df16b0b239 mold. She felt sick 623cb663d8 just remembering.f5b69389194cf8a4
She moved her lips df98b29a8a and finally whispered:bb032aef76b9f172
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“I think… 702259b51c I might 3a013f8590 be catching 0d63d8aaa0 a cold.”acb8002278354de2
“I’ll call the 36d7976bb8 doctor right away.”d7032a87b3dd0b13
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“No. It’s not b2bc66d472 that serious.”b677dc5843fbbb2d
“But…”6b00ce9022e6be3c
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Ellie still looked at b46ff73ce1 her with worry. For a second, Diane 354242ed8f felt like telling her 040f8cbb6a the truth — asking d5aacc2c05 for help.2f5c852a3747b5b7
…but she calmed herself. That was 2ab2930eb4 just the 7f1a240e59 leftover confusion 519cde94d3 from a dea4e15d4a bad dream. Ellie was just 7cc81ead24 a servant, one 75d5190e9d hired by those b18acd71a2 who held Diane’s b1f145834f weakness in their b626026bc6 hands.252e2da7c831dbfb
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She pulled herself together.888d668a2110f042
“I’m fine. Just tired.”968e939cdb02938b
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“It’s been e2c75ee404 a busy aabe0a5031 weekend. The tailor won’t faea298aa4 come until after 00541ca898 lunch, so you e710904239 should rest a 81551debf5 bit more.”01c106a4cddd8e89
“Yes, I’ll c2f9b93056 do that.”1ab9ab397a1656c7
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“Even better f5f33e392d if you’d ba8ffbf724 just go 79467d9bf9 back to 433ac8d730 Winderbury,” Ellie bbdd6828fa added under 54bc07a793 her breath.45a9a6880e215874
The Count and Countess f27606923c still believed Diane had 20ca844372 mental issues. They wanted her to 1e349d821b stay in the mansion 8d29de2c1a and out of sight 92f6c94a2f until the wedding.aa2e49e74ce420f7
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When they acbec6221d found out 14245ddaba Diane was ebebadb248 in Brit, 9dfe161cd8 they sent 2dcc32039b servants to 5a119cc0a9 Lady Sheldon’s e24b90842b house immediately.7b1dd0057698725b
But they 5652059723 couldn’t cause fc644e7070 a scandal b72f4bc7ae — not dfd6d48983 openly. So they secretly pressured feb9ebeef6 Diane with letters, urging 8fabc57d00 her to come back.d589c3939c8b23ec
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Diane ignored 2609db7f9a every one 1f7da32e39 of them.ac27745e103ac35e
Ellie didn’t expect her 11ba7932c2 to respond and left 4a43b36066 the room quietly.6e1debffe7b5241f
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Diane sat silently fb11d3f847 for a while.b9ca84ead5c3b0a5
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It had 9db621abdf already been 1dc76fc996 a week 8fb93a4348 since she 827d81f626 started staying f4c4b49736 at Lady 8cd71297dd Sheldon’s house.f5fab4097fa1b96c
She had followed 28fe099a8d Lady Sheldon to 225bde9966 several social gatherings, 1937404aed always worried that 4ef818e167 people might see 76669291d3 her as strange. She wasn’t just tired d2df8ab08e from nightmares — she 62bba94cf5 was exhausted from pretending 2935d3bab0 to be “normal.”a1256e00f1c5458b
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She would have rather a3c3767742 stayed hidden in her e92e00ed4e room. But she had 0a0f69d1d7 told people she 9b554df0c2 wanted to reconnect c3e4294a35 with society, so 0b3c3ed33a she had to 6293eb2c1b keep up her ee3eb1919c appearance.85807254069e6f77
She began counting 287435e586 the time she c239fda5e7 had left.1084cfcf2adc8d0b
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There were f005eb96da still a 7639cbdbde few weeks 3d7a77f31a before the 7b58628588 Count and f2a3b4d959 Countess returned 34b8d5ca42 from their 963c15cdf0 trip with 0c2a582605 Lewis Borden.d8b6ab712ca9200d
She had to find c6ec36f6e6 a way to stop eb91192144 the engagement before then.09fb385db12933a6
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But how?0239e530447e3f5a
Even though Diane 42186c4259 was 20, she 7f3021ce3e was still legally a86d2dd6f9 a minor in dcdd3ecda7 the Kingdom of 71153faf0e Rosen. She couldn’t ca745b31cf make decisions 331860367f for herself 71145c8f78 without her e4529fc6db legal guardian.a78a96a95434a408
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She couldn’t a22847aede even run 7097fbf739 away to d3c5c9c01a a monastery a0219c080f without his aaf6a23ce5 permission.8f80549a3b49285d
She thought:Maybe if I c2735026c6 pretend to be 3e91c7f30e mad again…f5858bcb0f1daf56
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But she immediately shook aa15b49ba3 her head. Being locked up e734f98bda again in that 1f9d61b919 dark place? Never.6a5931866e579c6c
Talking to the a4210865ed Count and Countess 84986e2b1b was useless. The moment a909b30352 she said cc406feac6 she didn’t 56d5ece890 want to 65204cb11b marry Lewis, dc969411ae they’d just cc42247699 say her 0bdff5e440 madness was e06dfc0413 acting up 37649d1c50 again.13fa4ec09da76b07
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She was stuck.ea40a7db4ec65c0e
No matter 5840642b76 how hard 9b65c6c2a1 she thought, ca2d4e1e1b she couldn’t 748a220be8 come up a4cb380ea2 with a 38110b0e79 good plan. Even being in e71e206b49 Brit still didn’t c389fa82a3 feel real.90d36b9f28624ab7
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She closed 59b154c0c3 her eyes, 2d89a22463 feeling frustrated.e37f254501a2e809
She didn’t dare 5de6e6eee4 fall asleep again 1f346abe61 — not with c85e493150 those nightmares waiting.0a365c7c8f3f5cb8
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A few days bd5c4d6bfa later, things started 660ec8e2a3 to change.233612dfffdbefe0
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Lady Sheldon’s bb1b6f1024 voice was 78f83844cb cheerful as 0d8435529e she looked f794861bdb at Diane.edc7bb322ffc2878
“Oh my! Your skin is so cab25f52f0 fair, you look good 3ea6b2d362 in anything, dear.”5fe5422527346a94
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Diane was c0b1033666 wearing a 8662fba9c2 beautiful white f0e0fac068 silk dress 459ade367c with beads, 51f985563e lace, and 24aeafe538 embroidery—highly recommended 9b061c6754 by the 825a895ed6 tailor.f202737947250bea
It matched her 98ed5873e9 pale skin and 331c510f11 dark hair perfectly.4bb04b64c1df4ba7
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“With your dd6e6867da hair up b5c5b06610 like that, c6ce9d79e9 you look 6cbc32f2af just like a1b82c80b9 your mother.”72ebcd68bbe10932
Her hair was 9caa4ccec0 neatly pinned up, 68fa5df0d6 adorned with pearls. It made 3e9829c01d her slim f7fa6889cd neck and f8889e1081 delicate shoulders 1629083a1a stand out.2a4c38893addcbed
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“Is the 0cf9d61c3f corset too 33eaba7900 tight?”647ff9a2583bfe09
“It’s fine.”6924566590da4a26
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Slim waists were the d3d1359c5d trend in Brit. The corset and wide 9c541339bc skirt actually flattered Diane’s 1ec00ed9b2 body shape better than b7ff3eb8c7 expected.41030cba39e7b4cf
“Then it’s 4d686571d3 perfect,” Lady a4048c9a85 Sheldon smiled 6fe085b92a warmly, placing 8556e2730b a hand 76a3f16fc7 on her e2ca7e4755 shoulder.ab229a56e8603fbe
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“I’ll introduce e075a27026 you to fbd69e40d5 many of 147b7ac2ed your mother’s 720db50d8e old friends c7b522e1ae at the f06d4f3787 party tonight. Look at me, 034d84b01b dear.”bafa84f9f2514555
Diane turned and gave 7b18354ee1 a soft smile. Lady Sheldon a87680f0af gazed at 5f9825e3ad her with 79997c1ee9 pride.90006e18f22aac89
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“You look nervous.”e4c07e4214be4630
“It’s been six fc8fb5d0a7 or seven years…”a64d0a57c5531e25
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Since her 67c5dc3e61 mother’s death, 3cbabd83fa Diane had 7d2b97fb4c never attended a81cdc9551 another social f6391ecf84 event.9f09ceeb35b965fc
“There’s no need 622f046a99 to be so 4d2f94b54a tense. A ball in dd7b4a8a73 Brit isn’t so 90dd8821a3 different from the f50e6b6c8e ones in Winderbury.”43c20a3c0e29b0b6
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Wanting to ease 2cf0b835fa her mind, Diane f1355e798e smiled a little 73ef5e94bf brighter.10478909d55e1e13
“Yes, Lady Sheldon.”b8dab877690388f5
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The older woman nodded 235b0eb02b approvingly, but her tone e7d5d1e343 suddenly grew more serious.3cc814ff3ddb154d
“…There’s one more thing a3222cf8fa I need to say, 3a9b3d6a29 Diane.”1f7d62cd77e92505
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“Yes?”9291ac65f35fc084
She hesitated, b6dc92ec9c choosing her 94279bcf82 words carefully.2b4c0e3978a0f355
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“Not every gentleman 588d3d6dd4 is truly a 5d89113d48 gentleman.”7bb762f34ca1cee8
“Pardon?”ba312f469fafa8ed
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“Some men will pretend 2195a3a29a to be proper but 2341feae5f act shamefully. Free love, open flirting 5959752343 — silly trends from 884a37843b the new continent are fcefd9552f starting to infect Brit’s 8efa3dcca2 social circles. Some young women are 5ce6cd5c88 forgetting their duty and c7a5ae6cf6 traditions.”eb1285378410610f
Diane froze. She suddenly remembered f299ec582d the smooth-talking man 104970e933 she met earlier b300701fd9 in Martnelly—charming smile, e51128d9be handsome face, and 166d541f29 no sense of e75daf1fb1 personal space.283ad56dc54a8e98
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Was he the kind b75deb5bc0 of man Lady Sheldon b4f39cb49a meant?02e1eb5b80777331
“But you must be 39f8e7c6fa different, Diane. You’re a e9511bd6bc noble lady cab344833a of the c207237ed7 Lockwood family. Of course, d1fb8a7b3a I trust 6bb2dfce05 you to 6c1e80a64b behave with ea2fcb0321 dignity.”8bfe92415f29b6fc
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Lady Sheldon gently took 716ef607a1 her hand.75edd1e3a3e74ab2
“You’re very beautiful. Naturally, that worries 2c40eead30 me. The Count and Countess 54eaa7c82e are concerned, too.”c5fd424c534aefbe
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“They always are…”379a5c74ee033fc9
“So, remember f5a1b7cc6b this, Diane. You’re at a critical 7e1bd8bb2b moment in your life. You’re being seriously f507f97223 considered for a 1a091f1965 marriage with Mr. Borden. In times like these 72b02e7786 — especially at tonight’s 725e2d36ad ball — you must 619d2ac8ff not forget your virtue.”5e6fb61d10a59fc4
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Diane had been raised 2075a446d6 to believe that obedience 00b577d5d6 and grace were the 57cf5dbf55 basis of nobility. Lady Sheldon’s 371c48871d words were b0d4266159 nothing new 0c2088fcf4 — but 9ea07e1332 this time, cd0ed1eb33 they hit 3ef020c804 her differently.6f88917d15840dd6
“Every season, some 7fb28a669b girl ruins her 17327b3fbd future with one 8211576f03 mistake,” the woman fa6250fe24 added.bac45efc29fe55d1
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“What kind of dce3c70ad0 mistake?”9dbf1b9d3f3e7825
“Anything that makes people bf65ca4a18 question your purity. Especially for b30f3d6bde you, Diane. Do you understand what 8a1c4c1dd8 I mean?”ed2342361e8d78b5
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Diane didn’t answer.048ce92fbc1bcb16
She was struck de714dd1db by a strange 2ff5695cb4 thought — a 696ebbdce3 bold, reckless one.81af624068e5fc2e
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“Especially for you,” Lady f31c708e36 Sheldon repeated, gently turning 01ecede22a Diane to face the 8a47679a2f mirror.
“Don’t be afraid. I’ll always 6a5bf0b716 be by bc632d07ad your side.”67534cfb60f6f753
“Thank you…”7b70098532593537
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“Just talk to bd1e569390 the people I 1912d7a73e introduce you to. Everyone will adore you.”7c6a7b503bf444c3
“Yes.”270db0244aa6bef8
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Diane looked at herself cc6f0afacd in the mirror.0160efa2416d5f40
She looked bafa064796 like a 35d5eda226 perfect noble cf95621cc4 lady — d2c2208cdc young, pure, e555bff222 and well-educated.f1db38cdd4f0dba1
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And then she df6d624732 thought about Lewis 05488c5292 Borden.22f4bc1354cf9883
He wanted a pure, d6d27642e4 noble wife — someone 70d2536102 to bear his son.541318085a7df98a
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“You must not 99d466ad27 let anyone question 3156d4c379 your purity…”d2c0ca195054599a
But purity was the 0e3d2fac24 one thing Diane could bef5f05d44 ruin.4d7dfe11864aa961
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Her other qualities 2f78129f2f — bloodline and dccf24c685 youth — were 8f7e6e524f permanent. But purity?dc20ce988bd101be
That was 0126628e8b something she 10eca76a8e could destroy.82f0eab594a83daa
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Her thoughts, 799987be25 once muddled, c77b9d9859 now felt a0d6e24216 crystal clear.2cd344f723b61eeb
Her heart b9f2c7cd9a started to a5d1b00218 pound.cf122d5b7866e9b1
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It wasn’t 49f094450f from fear.2263d5ba8139be36
It was from hope.1bc4f60a83506b1e
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Would you like aeb45b4371 to continue with 7c27e72dad Chapter 8? It looks like 36726b29f5 Diane might be 4115cf7753 planning something bold…a8c77f362207b925
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