The inside of the estate was no less beautiful and extravagant than the Duke's own grand holdings. The sheer grandeur that the sorceress displayed began the moment she introduced her four utterly beautiful wives to him.
Nobles often kept mistresses, but they were rarely acknowledged officially—not because they lacked the means, but due to the social stigma. However, for sorceresses and sorcerers, such social conventions seemed to hold little sway. Their kind was revered and held in high regard by both the royal court and the common people.
As Jason Lysander, the Duke, tasted the exquisite wine offered to him by Sienna-Rose, he realized he had been gravely mistaken in his previous assessments of her.
He had always thought that while Sienna-Rose was known as a sorceress, she paled in comparison to Silas Greymere, the renowned sorcerer in the north who had constructed the formidable barrier around the Duke's own estate.
