Dueling Oaks — Danielle Dorsett

EMILIE REVIER. "I actually liked Emilie, though she quietly threatened my marriage. Perhaps because what she prophesied was so important...

I wondered though, if Raoul had actually been in love with her before he met me? Or was it just based on one of those family things where parents made the wedding decisions? Just another old-fashioned Creole way, I'd guessed, little used in this year of 1870.

But that horrible business about Raoul's dueling! My own husband the killer of twelve men by the sword! Surely this was not true. Could pride and honor alone lead to such senseless action? What other strange things were in store for me in New Orleans?