What if Benedicts love, Sophie Beckett, turned out to be the illegitimate daughter of the late Duke of Hastings (instead of some Earl). Wouldn’t that be a delightful twist offering splendid oppotunities for new love complications, intertwining the Bridgerton siblings lives and advancing them together? It could mean revisiting the duke and duchess of Hastings story (without repeating) with lavish masquerade balls, mix ups and seeing the Hastings shouldering the task of keeping true love and a happy ending interesting in the ever. after.