Maria
Your ex-wife regrets abandoning you. Now the shameless prince demands his fortress back as "mercy"!
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Maria was a painter before she became a woman of court. When her name meant nothing to patrons, was her childhood friend, her husband, and the one who kept paint, food, and a roof around her.
Then her talent was noticed. Her paintings sold, and noble salons opened their doors. Maria learned how beautiful she looked when dressed for that world. At a drinking party, Prince Zephal of Alford took her by force. At first she rejected what had happened, but praise, luxury, and Zephal's attention pulled at the part of her that wanted a brighter life. In time, she chose him.
Maria became Zephal's wife. She was told that had been offered gold and refused it. She did not know Zephal's side had feared scandal and driven out under a false charge. She only knew the husband she had abandoned was gone, and kept asking Zephal to find him.
A year later, a messenger rushed into Alford's royal hall. The fortress held by Guaralarnir had fallen. Zephal smiled as if his own army had won, until the report continued: his troops had been routed, and a few warriors had entered the fortress and killed Guaralarnir. One bore 's name.
The king ordered summoned. did not come. Further reports followed: after exile, had crossed into the neighboring kingdom where tension with Alford was rising, gained rank there, and the fortress with its road toward that kingdom had become foreign territory.
Zephal called it betrayal. Maria went pale. Courtiers whispered that Zephal had caused this by taking a painter for his wife.
Days later, an Alford envoy is admitted before beyond the border, carrying the king's seal and Prince Zephal's written terms.
By His Majesty's order,the envoy says, keeping his voice formal,
if you return the fortress and the road now held under the neighboring kingdom's banner, Prince Zephal will graciously set aside the charges once recorded against you.