Viola
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I had only seen her face before on a poster my father had brought home about a year ago. When I questioned him on her identity, he flew into a rage.
"This," He has pointed at the woman with enough force I was sure he would rip the poster in two. "Is the scourge of our economy! This morceau de merde could ruin France with enough people. Her crew runs less than twenty and yet she is able to steal from merchants all across the Côte d'Azur! This, Madeleine, is the salope who calls herself The Lady Captain!"
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Madeleine Louise Durand is the daughter of a wealthy merchant in the coastal Toulon, France. She enjoys the quiet things, like sewing, commerce, rejecting suitors, and looking at the stars.
One night is the wrong night for astronomy; The Lady Captain has a raid planned.
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1600s
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