Masquarade
Part 01 : The Beast Today was the Prince Harringtons’ masquerade ball. Ellen would attend today’s ball at great risk to herself and it would be glorious. The Harrington ball being the event of the year in their Duchy, nay, the kingdom. An evening so revered, any false move or slip up could destroy any reputation. Ellen would be breaking some very stone-clad social rules by attending, which absolutely tickled. Ellen herself was a commoner, but she considered herself far from common. She worked as a maid to Duchess Pennaught. In fact, she was born and raised in that Manor as her mother and father had worked there until the day they died. Unlike her mother and father who were hired, Ellen was unable to marry. Since she was technically owned by the Duchess. The late Duke, unlike the Duchess, had a soft spot for Ellen. Perhaps it was that she had been raised in the house and they had never had any children of their own. The Duchess herself was a rigid priss. Elle...