1Chapter 1: The Sovereign Will of Benedict Church
41Chapter 41: The Grand Hall of Summerset
2Chapter 2: A Seamstress at the Gates of Summerset
42Chapter 42: Nora’s Breathless Entrance
3Chapter 3: The Tightening of the Silk Stays
43Chapter 43: A Breach of Protocol
4Chapter 4: An Audience with the Iron Duke
44Chapter 44: The Wrath of Gabriel Knowles
5Chapter 5: The Shadow of Darius Hernandez
45Chapter 45: Florence Hargreaves’s Public Scorn
6Chapter 6: The Crown’s Heavy Mandate
46Chapter 46: The Duke’s Archaic Right
7Chapter 7: A Trembling Stitch in Time
47Chapter 47: The Public Discipline of Nora Lambert
8Chapter 8: Gabriel Knowles and the Royal Decree
48Chapter 48: A Stern Hand and a Weeping Bride
9Chapter 9: Florence Hargreaves’s Cold Ambition
49Chapter 49: The Mastery of the Duke
10Chapter 10: The Weight of the Ancestral Seat
50Chapter 50: A Scandal That Shakes the Ton
11Chapter 11: A Gaze of Piercing Sapphire
51Chapter 51: The Aftermath of the Spanking
12Chapter 12: The Fragility of Nora Lambert
52Chapter 52: Benedict’s Defiance of the Crown
13Chapter 13: Beneath the Duke’s Watchful Eye
53Chapter 53: The Forced Vow at Midnight
14Chapter 14: A Lesson in High-Born Etiquette
54Chapter 54: From Cotton Smocks to Heavy Silks
15Chapter 15: The Tapestry of Ancient Secrets
55Chapter 55: The Duchess of Summerset in Name
16Chapter 16: Finn Parton’s Warning in the Scullery
56Chapter 56: Locked Within the Stone Walls
17Chapter 17: The Scent of Leather and Lavender
57Chapter 57: Darius Hernandez’s Failed Coup
18Chapter 18: A Shiver in the Presence of Royalty
58Chapter 58: A Husband’s Absolute Command
19Chapter 19: The Duke’s Private Library
59Chapter 59: The Virgin’s Wedding Night
20Chapter 20: A Commoner’s Heart in Peril
60Chapter 60: The Sovereign’s Stern Protection
21Chapter 21: The Looming Midsummer Ball
61Chapter 61: Navigating the Waters of the Court
22Chapter 22: Darius Hernandez Plots a Downfall
62Chapter 62: The Jealousy of Florence Hargreaves
23Chapter 23: The Constraint of the Cinch
63Chapter 63: A Lesson in Wifely Submission
24Chapter 24: A Supper of Stone and Silence
64Chapter 64: The Duke’s Unyielding Embrace
25Chapter 25: The Duke’s Growing Obsession
65Chapter 65: Gabriel Knowles Demands an Heir
26Chapter 26: Morgan Biggs and the Legal Vow
66Chapter 66: The Burden of the Summerset Legacy
27Chapter 27: A Blush in the Drawing Room
67Chapter 67: Nora’s Quiet Metamorphosis
28Chapter 28: The Discipline of the Stitch
68Chapter 68: The Secret in the Royal Garden
29Chapter 29: Florence Hargreaves Claims Her Due
69Chapter 69: A Duel of Wills and Wit
30Chapter 30: The Seamstress’s Silent Prayer
70Chapter 70: The Duke’s Hand Upon the Reins
31Chapter 31: The Authority of the Summerset Line
71Chapter 71: The Threat from the House of Hernandez
32Chapter 32: A Whisper of Treasonous Passion
72Chapter 72: A Duchess Mastered and Adored
33Chapter 33: Zuri Little’s Advice to the Shy
73Chapter 73: The Cinch of the Morning Corset
34Chapter 34: The Duke Demands Obedience
74Chapter 74: The Duke’s Defiance Revealed
35Chapter 35: A Gown for a Forbidden Future
75Chapter 75: A Legacy Secured in Blood
36Chapter 36: The Tension of the Drawing Room
76Chapter 76: The Submission of the Seamstress
37Chapter 37: Harrison Johnson and the Duke’s Finances
77Chapter 77: The Crown’s Reluctant Blessing
38Chapter 38: A Maiden’s Fear, A Master’s Will
78Chapter 78: Benedict Church’s Final Triumph
39Chapter 39: The Arrival of the Royal Court
79Chapter 79: The Heir to the Summerset Seat
40Chapter 40: The Eve of the Great Scandal
80Chapter 80: The Eternal Reign of the Duke
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