Duke with a Duchess (Wicked Dukes Society #5)

Verity found Emma curled up on her bed, weeping.

The smoke was growing thicker on the upper floor, but it was not yet as potent as it had been in the schoolrooms below. Relief washed over her as she coughed and rushed toward the girl.

Relief followed closely by fear.

She knew the fire was raging more with every second that passed. She’d heard the creaks and groans and crashes, had tried to breathe through smoke so potent and pungent that it may as well have been soup. Her lungs themselves felt as if they were aflame.