THE MASK: A Twin's Disguise

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use maids claps her gloved hands toget

my twin sister,who is two minutes older than I is to be wedded to the young twenty nine yea

bad,very

I turn to find Silas,my best frie

. "Why are you

you by your first name,it'll be an

over my chest an

e a crap about that,y

t lady like. My father happens to be a Duke,the family title comes from way back generations. Our home is

iss then drag h

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them and get on my tiptoes, placing m

strands of my hair behind my ear. "Yo

t that's t

ugs at hi

ds something,but not enough for my father to accept any sort of int

before getting married to a Lord,that's the rule in our

a wh

longe

ced with shock. I watch him as his

this happe

ay nervously, shifting my wei

s fingers through his hair,then stops when he

sure?"

bite my b

percent sure of what you're saying? You know that it's a disgr

ld be handed to Lord Lore. Had this arrangement been made at birth or fourtee

h for her to break tradition,

arts

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for your dr

mes,things are taken overboard around here,I mean,I can ta

y of your parent

l die if I

ous,was it

ood thing where we can't hide anything from one another. So yes,she

ay.

what?"

e comes,I'll figure something out and then let you know, tha

hat's better,if Mona was to find out that I told

our

about you being

t my frie

hand on his expensive off

ve been anyone else b

pap

e points his long finger at me. "Will not be seen with that man

d link my finger

pa," I

son will be here any moment,you are t

answer witho

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yes," he s

his eyes. The warning in t

t,it doesn't look well on

cour

s hand, dis

ect one, the one who does everything right,who'

do,I'm not good

Lat

the mirror and run my eyes all over myself. I meet

might get him in serious trouble. He might ev

ys,proud of the

in and smooth my pa

k perfec

the pedal and tak

stop calling me mi

ly snatches h

begs. "If the master hears

sadly

ll me the truth when

omfortable at

papa always thinks I'm wrong,at l

ill help

bration

the Earl's snobbish son who can't seem to stop talki

?" He asks,I turn m

I agree without even kno

. You and I are

es at me from the other side of the room wher

p without breaking eye contact. Mona widens her eyes at

everyone's attention going

ou all for attending this event,as you know,

r sip and cle

me from his seat at the Ambassador's table. I don't ret

ion,I'd be grateful." Papa says,I mee

na is to be wedded to a good honorable m

in the room,soft and classy as

do us the honor

a peck on the cheek,then sits bac

father has mentioned,

rom the people

s he is finishing a dinner meeting with Lord Armstrong.

mama at the main table. Longing grips my heart tight as I'm re

ng again and I stand, runni

nobbish little shit." His eyes widen in shock,I

a hard body,my high heels make me lose balance but before I can fa

gentleman is and find scorching

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