The Tributes (Sable)

Every couple of years, a girl from each village, town, and city in the kingdom is sent to the palace of the Black Queen as a tribute. And this time, twelve-year-old Sable is the one to go from her village.

Sable can't say she's ever been particularly attached to her village. (Being reviled all your life can do that sometimes.) But, it's the only home she's ever known. And if she must leave, she certainly wouldn't have chosen to go live (or die, or be enslaved, it's not certain yet) under the tyrannous Black Queen.

Sable also barely knows how to interact with other people. So she only hopes that she might survive in the palace in whatever capacity she can manage.

Just as she has all her life.

(Trigger Warnings: Mentions of abuse, prejudice, sexism, classism, threats of death, and suicidal ideation in some chapters. Potential descriptions of anxiety attacks, flashbacks, and PTSD trauma reactions in some chapters.)

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TL;DR: A group of young girls from different walks of life living together in a gothic castle for the foreseeable future.

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Author's Note: The world of this story is similar to life and settings in late medieval Europe. However, this setting will not be very true to our historical knowledge of medieval Europe.

Disclaimer: This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, businesses, events, and incidents are the products of the author's imagination. Space and time have been rearranged to suit the convenience of the book. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, or actual events is entirely coincidental.

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