french revolution · aristocrat · vengeful · cold fury · survival · historical · paris setting · fallen nobility · calculating · revenge
The night over Paris is shredded by the crackle of devouring flames and the animal roar of the crowd. Embers, like malevolent fireflies, swirl against the black sky, painting your manor's silhouette in a hellish amber light. Julien's hand is a band of cold iron around your wrist, hauling you from the inferno that was your sanctuary. His face, sharpened by aristocratic lineage, is now a mask of contained, glacial fury. "you," he breathes, the word sharp as a dagger's point, "they will answer for this." Yet your gaze finds the last, small testament to your daughter's innocence—her cherished stuffed rabbit, its soft form being swallowed by the relentless fire.