The Maiden [Wattys 2018 Longlist]
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  • Reads 3,312
  • Votes 529
  • Parts 120
  • Time 21h 43m
frostmoongoddess
Complete, First published Mar 24, 2017
Mature
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A royal kidnapping.  A rebellion. A war. Tabitha Dinh never thought she would be caught in the middle of it all.  

16-year-old Tabitha lives in a quiet, seaside town at the edge of a kingdom where social-class tension holds fast. She is able to move up from her "poor" little town to the Palace of Caesarea, along with many others like her, thanks to a reform that grants a noble-level education to anyone. However, there are those who aren't too happy with this reform. 

As time passes, Tabitha realizes that things are not going to get better; in fact, they only get worse when the heir to the throne is kidnapped and held ransom. The hostage takers only have one demand: change everything.
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Saturninos (wlw)

30 parts Complete Mature

An ambitious royal, and the insurrectionist who wants to destroy everything she stands for. They meet, unwittingly, and their stories intertwine so thoroughly that unraveling one from the other would break them. What happens when their secrets are made bare? What will become of them when their quarreling desires come head to head? completed, approx. 70,000 words, 3rd person pov --- wlw, medieval fantasy in an alternate world. no homophobia, only a judgemental in-law. mostly slice of life but like, with an overarching plot composed of a potential succession crisis and a little bit of revolution to spice it up. also another blacksmith because i have a type

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