Back At The Barnyard Duke Novels & Stories

“You miss your friend a lot.” “Yes.” Jimmy nervously smiled. Karlyle gave him a suspicious look and sighed. “I forgot to tell you. The Duke went to another village to visit a friend. He will come back tomorrow.” Jimmy's eyes shone, “Can I go out then?!” The butler rolled his eyes, “No way. He made me swear and promise that I won't let you leave the mansion.” “Tsk,” Jimmy pouted. “He treats me like a prisoner. I am so tired of this.”

"What… what do you plan to do?" The old Duke trembled and tried to break the chains in his hands. However, it was useless. Now that the Duke was there, the pressure in those shackles was stronger than before. "I will send to their death every single one of them, do you hear me?" The old man widened his eyes. He believed that the Duke would spare his family and have mercy on them on account of his life given to protect the southern barriers. However, the moment he saw Liam's eyes, he noticed coldness and cruelty.

Martha goes to the galley to likely hide for next few hours. Jern has a smooth take off as normal and Bär is back to reading. “I’m bored, Brother,” Duke says, three hours in. “You decided to come today,” Bär reminds him. “Yeah, to get some Omega pussy,” Duke jokes. “I’m going to personally test out every Omega in the palace. I’ll let you know which ones are worth keeping around.” Bär growls. Buck- Don’t kill your parent’s son. Your name is not Caine.

"I was only following orders, Grand Duke." "Then I’m ordering you to answer me." "Hmph! You aren't my master." A heavy hush choked the room, broken only by the steady drip of water from an archaic pipe. Kaelus was just about to draw the dagger from his waist when a raw, cracking voice broke the deadlock from the end of the row. "Lancaster," the man on the far right whispered, his voice trembling. "The Duke took the lady to Lancaster." "Shut your mouth, damn it!" the scarred knight barked in a fury, suddenly lunging to kick his treacherous comrade. "The Duke will—"

"Duke, I'm not an ambitious man. But, that's okay. I will do what you want and help her with all I have." For some reason, Armano look satisfied. "That's better." Someone knocked the door for three times and a familiar heavy voice can be heard from behind of it, "Your Excellency, Young Miss is awake." "Call the doctor, Albert. I will be on my way." Duke said after he rose from his seat. "I understand. Please excuse me." Max followed the owner of the house, "Ah, finally! I'm relieved that she is okay." Armano stopped his movement, "After this, can you tell the Lancia's knights in the South Island to come back to the Capital?"

Madaline watched all this with a neutral expression. The duke was woken up by the sounds of thunder. The skies that were normally dark seemed darker than normal. An ominous feeling overcame him and he immediately darted out of his room. The guards were running amok to see if there was something wrong, like the attack of a monster. Not even the dragons had spotted anything.

“A few backups to have on hand. Instructions are inside, but I wouldn’t let him have free access, for safety.” “I’ll give them to the pack healer.” Thomas kneeled and tapped Duke on the shoulder. He turned and blinked blearily. “Thomas?” Duke asked. “So, I am. It’s time to go home, Mr. Duke. Are you able to walk or should I carry you?” He flushed. “I’m not a damsel.” He scoffed and turned, offering Duke his back. “How about a kid? Climb on.” Duke pouted, but even slinging his arms around Thomas’ shoulders seemed to be hard. He was asleep again by the time Thomas got him on his back. I waved them off before leaving and getting on the bus headed back to Stacy’s.

"Guess you haven't heard the news then." Eleanor frowned. "I have been busy settling back into the country," Eleanor said. "Have I missed anything important?" "Well, I would let Violet tell you about it herself," Florence said with a meaningful smile and took another sip of her tea. Back at the arena, the polo match was over. Violet swung herself off the horse and let the stable boys take the animal back to the stable. The Duchess walked back to where her friend was waiting and noticed a new company there. It took a moment for her to recognize who it was.

“Go now, before I change my mind. Oh, don’t forget your fees. I’ll collect those later!” As soon as he said that, the group of men immediately ran away, straight towards the door. They already lost their will to even take part in the auction. Not with a death god hanging over their heads. “They run so fast.” The duke uttered coldly as he watched the men run for their lives. “Lucas, don’t forget to collect their promised payment later. We’re going to need it for this upcoming winter.” “Yes, Lord Duke.” Lucas bowed. “The job’s done. Now I have to greet my gue…” A frown slipped out of the duke’s face. He looked around and felt confused. “Lucas… where’s that lady?” “She’s gone… Duke. She ran awa

Duke muttered, “I need to go deal with this - you two will be okay, won’t you?” “Best friends” I replied, a sickly sweet smile plastered on my lips. “Plenty to catch up on, you go on ahead. Never let a woman interfere with the important things, boy. Remember that” Duke frowned at his father before shooting me a nervous look as though he wasn’t sure how to leave me, finally settling on a chaste kiss on the cheek. As he passed his father I heard the low rumble of “play nice” being muttered. The minute he was out of earshot, the tension shot up, making the hairs on the back of my neck stand in awareness, my wolf adopting a suspicious glare. “So,” he said, eyeing me from head to toe. “You’ve ret