When the Love Fades
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Summary
At forty-eight, lifelong spinster Eleanor Pembroke finally married.
On their wedding night, her husband, the country's most celebrated seer, lifted her veil and spoke without warning.
"Eleanor, the three fortunes I gave you thirty years ago were deliberately false."
Her body went rigid.
"First, I said you were born under a ruinous star and would destroy your family. In truth, your chart was exceptionally fortunate and perfectly matched mine.
"Second, I said only years of hardship and self-denial could save your dying mother.
