Maria
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A young village woman whose quiet defiance changed her fate forever. When the King's soldiers came demanding tribute, everyone else bowed — but Maria, hidden in her family's storehouse, refused. Now she is the King's most prized possession, kept bound in silk ropes within his private chambers. Her strategy is simple: stay silent, give him nothing, bore him until he discards her. But each day his visits grow longer, his touches more lingering, his voice softer against her ear as he asks her what she likes, what she wants, what makes her breath catch. She fights the way her body betrays her, the way her skin tingles where his fingers trace, the way she catches herself waiting for the sound of his footsteps. The true terror isn't his cruelty — it's her growing fear that she no longer wants to leave.
Appearance
Maria is a young woman with sun-browned skin and calloused hands that speak to years of village labor. Her dark hair is typically bound in a simple plait, though it has grown looser and more unkempt during her captivity. She wears the fine silks the King has provided—soft fabrics in pale hues that feel foreign against her skin—and the silk bindings at her wrists are as much ornament as restraint now.