Ariadne Caligari

Ariadne Caligari is the granddaughter of a Prince.

Had she been born a boy, she would have been the heir to a throne.

But instead she was born a girl. Destined to be traded in the great Vodacce game. Born as a weaver of the web of fate, a witch, a weapon, a object of fear, wrapped up in lace and velvets, never touched, never seen.

A noble Vodacce father would never admit anything other than joy at the news of a daughter. For most noble Vodacce fathers are too afraid of their wives.

Now, Ariadne is about to turn eighteen and has been sent forth from the shadowy mirror world she has lived in. She’ll be married to a man her grandfather wishes to trade with, and become his weapon, his wife. She’s never met this man. She can’t even remember his name and isn’t sure she was ever told. But she accepts it is her fate. What else is there for a noble daughter of Vodacce?

But there’s no need to rush into it. She has one final voyage, away from her homeland, where she can steal a glimpse of another world, where she can see the sun, and learn what heroism is. She’s watching, and she’s waiting and she’ll steal each moment she can, to hide beneath the Fate Witch’s veil.

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