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Sold to the Cold Aristocrat
  1. 1. The Ballerina's Debt
  2. 2. The Terms of Surrender
  3. 3. Cathedral of Stone
  4. 4. The Silk Nightgown 🔒
  5. 5. The Rules of Vance Manor 🔒
  6. 6. The Glass Conservatory 🔒
  7. 7. Society's Gilded Cage 🔒
  8. 8. Whispers in the Dark 🔒
  9. 9. The Private Theater 🔒
  10. 10. The Scottish Highlands 🔒
  11. 11. Fire in the Highlands 🔒
  12. 12. Secrets of the Bloodline 🔒
  13. 13. Camille's Defiance 🔒
  14. 14. The Library Hearth 🔒
  15. 15. The Palais Garnier Return 🔒
  16. 16. Shadow in the Wings 🔒
  17. 17. In the Clutches of the Vulture 🔒
  18. 18. The Duke's Retribution 🔒
  19. 19. The Parisian Hotel Suite 🔒
  20. 20. Healing the Scars 🔒
  21. 21. Vows Renewed in Venice 🔒
  22. 22. The Venetian Palace 🔒
  23. 23. The Announcement 🔒
  24. 24. The Starlight Ball 🔒
  25. 25. The Nursery of Silk and Stone 🔒
  26. 26. The Birth of an Heir 🔒
  27. 27. The Eternal Dance 🔒

Chapter 4

The Silk Nightgown

Sold to the Cold Aristocrat · Elena Vance & Julian Laurent · 8 min read

The wrought-iron gates of Ravenwood Manor swung open into a dark, sprawling estate of ancient English oaks, manicured boxwood hedges, and misty limestone crags. Situated in the heart of the Cotswolds two hours west of London, Ravenwood Manor was an imposing Jacobean palace constructed of honey-colored Cotswold stone, soaring Gothic chimneys, and leaded mullioned windows reflecting the pale moonlight. For four centuries, it had been the ancestral fortress of the…

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