A Governess for the Wounded Marquess (Lords in Waiting #1)

Serena Collard

…have shown me a kindness and regard I shall never forget. You allowed me to believe myself valued not merely for my service, but for myself. That knowledge will remain with me always.

I beg you not to seek me out, nor to attempt to dissuade me from this course.

I have weighed it carefully, and I am persuaded it is the only means by which I may safeguard the children and spare you further difficulty.

Permit me, at least, this final act of duty toward a family I have come sincerely to love.

Yours, my lord, in gratitude and in grief,