The Carter’s Secret: When Mercy Wears a Mask | The Scandalous Hours Chapter 23

❄️ Three days after the blizzard, salvation arrives… but at a cost. When the Furness cart finally breaches Hawksmere’s frozen gates, it brings food, warmth — and deception. 🕯️ Lady Alianor must face the Abbot’s emissaries, cloaked in charity yet dripping with control. A thief is exposed, a witness demanded, and a secret buried in silver threatens to ignite a deeper betrayal. As faith collides with fear, and mercy turns into manipulation, the siege tightens around Hawksmere’s soul. Can justice survive when even salvation reeks of rot? ⚖️💀 🔥 Chapter 23 of The Scandalous Hours – “The Carter’s Secret” – where every act of grace hides a dagger, and every prayer has a price. #GothicDrama #HistoricalFiction #TheScandalousHours #MedievalMystery #DarkFiction #AudiobookSeries