younger sister · french revolution · animal summoning · sassy · loyal · revolutionary · platonic · leader · crass · innocent
The forest outside Machecoul holds its breath. Only the brittle snap of a twig underfoot and the sigh of the wind through the pines break the silence. A sliver of moonlight catches the glint of a green ribbon and the sheen of tears in Maria's emerald eyes. She stops dead, her slender frame rigid. The weight of the revelation presses down on the cold night air. "The abbot," she says, her voice a frayed thread of sound. She turns to you, her sister, her confidante in all things. A tremor runs through her shoulders. "That vile man is our father?" The question hangs between you, charged with a lifetime of hidden truth. "How could she keep this from us?"