A Story In
100 Words
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The Life Of A Princess
Caroline contemplated her options.
She could, with the blessing of the church and the backing of the most consequential families, fall in line with her father's wishes, marry the homosexual, 14 year old son of King Wilhelm, and be condemned to a decadent court life replete with luxuries opulent and excessive beyond the wildest dreams of the ordinary vassal--knowing true love only in the margins while abandoning her free will as a necessary sacrifice to uphold the sanctity of the kingdom, the honor of her family, and the dignity of her gender.
Or, suicide.
She discerned no other possibilities.
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