A Thorny Tale
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  • Parts 13
  • Time 8h 11m
  • Reads 365
  • Votes 65
  • Parts 13
  • Time 8h 11m
Complete, First published Feb 05, 2021
Mature
Foreword:

         A plant can thrive or a plant can die with or without attention.  Whether it's lovingly nurtured or butchered makes no difference really but sometimes they can come back stronger than ever.  It's a relationship where we need each other more than we think about really and we take them all for granted like we do each other.  One seed can sow doubt or it can sow hope.  Wonder what would happen to the world if such a seed existed inside a person and it finally bloomed?


         Synopsis:


        Briar was made a slave and an orphan on the same day she was born.  She serves at the castle she was born in, the court of winter.  Everyone can command her to do tasks and she has no freedom to leave.  
        Those at the top of this world are the ruling Fae, next are ruling humans, next Fae, free humans, protected slaves and then the banished ones.  At least as a slave she has a chance at earning her freedom from a ruling Fae to pardon her.
        She is also something more which is discovered as she grows up but she must keep it hidden to protect herself.  As she masters her skills, she, along with her friends, are given the opportunity to leave and earn her freedom.
        It's the first step in finding herself and her answers and perhaps it could change her life in ways she couldn't imagine when she was taking everyone's orders in the kitchen.  But first she must rescue a prince from a dungeon...


(Small warning) Contains suggestions of non consensual sexual relationships of a business kind but no graphic detail.  This is a story about a main female character in a reverse harem situation as well.

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