The Seeds Of Seduction- The Stepmother -ch. 1 V...

That night, Evelyn dreamed a garden she had never planted. Seedlings pushed up through dark earth, tentative and hungry. Some of them curled toward light; others twisted toward each other, binding roots into impossible knots. She woke with the taste of soil in her mouth and the feeling of being watched. In the dim, the house aligned itself into familiar silhouettes: Marcus asleep with a furrowed brow, Lila breathing even and sure, the photographs catching moonlight like prayer beads. Evelyn rose and walked to the window.

Lady Victoria, a woman of elegance and poise in her late fifties, had always been the pillar of strength for her family. After her husband's demise, she took it upon herself to ensure that James, now the Earl of Ashwood, would not only inherit the title but also learn to manage the vast estate and its many responsibilities. The Seeds of Seduction- The Stepmother -Ch. 1 v...