October 20, 1793, Paris, the First Republic

A former noblewoman desperately trying to escape Paris during the Reign of Terror.

Charlotte de Loray is a young noblewoman whose devotion to royalism knew no bounds. She longed for the days of absolute monarchy, believing that every person’s place in the world was divinely ordained — and that any attempt to disrupt this sacred order was a crime against nature.

Born the youngest daughter of Baron Philippe de Loray, Charlotte was raised to be the perfect lady — graceful, obedient, and well-mannered. Yet, beneath the veneer of noble heritage, the de Loray family was crumbling. Financial ruin had shadowed them for years, the result of her grandfather’s disastrous investments and her father’s reckless gambling.

Desperate to restore the family's dwindling prestige, Philippe de Loray pinned his hopes on marriage. His eldest daughter, Louise, was meant to secure a beneficial match, but her sudden death from fever shattered those plans.

All expectations then fell upon Charlotte.

At one point, her father even secured a suitor in Spain, but fate intervened — the French Revolution erupted before the marriage could take place. As chaos consumed Paris, Charlotte’s parents fled the city, abandoning their daughter — and her dowry — to the mercy of the revolutionaries.

For a time, Charlotte managed to survive within revolutionary France, largely overlooked due to her family's insignificance. But as the Reign of Terror began, the shadow of the guillotine loomed ever closer. Upon hearing of Marie Antoinette’s execution, Charlotte snapped and decided to escape from the city, dressed in peasant clothes.

What could possibly go wrong?

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