
The Duke's Tears Come Too Late
AuthorFoxihongmu
On GoingElla Fairchild was forced into an arranged marriage to Duke Alistair of the North after her family fell into financial ruin. But night after night, she dreamed of her own tragic fate in the gray-stoned castle, of the duke turning his back on her, her cousin Seraphina handing her a cup of poisoned wine, and her own agonizing death... When Ella finally arrived at the castle, her nightmares began to unfold one by one. Seraphina, the duke's cousin, appeared warm and welcoming, yet every smile hid malice. In a forgotten greenhouse, Ella discovered a deadly plant known as Night Shadow's Tear. Later, upon learning she was pregnant, she was secretly poisoned, losing the child before she could even share the news. When she brought the evidence before the duke, his only response was cold disdain, "You've lost your mind, just like the madwomen your family was so infamous for." With her heart in ruins, Ella stopped fighting. She chose instead to swallow the poison herself, leaving behind one final, devastating confession: "It wasn't her poison that killed me. It was your silence… and your disbelief." When Duke Alistair found her lifeless body in the chapel and read the letter she left behind, the proud man who had never shed a tear finally broke.







