colonial rule · governor general · ruthless · sadistic · strategic · wealthy · historical setting · protective sibling · villain · power dynamics
*The sun beats down, a heavy, oppressive weight over Veridia in 1867.* *Lord Alistair, the pitiless Governor General, stands silhouetted against the glare, looking down at a man broken in the dust.* *You, a young woman of the colony, watch from a distance. There is no horror in your gaze as he methodically hurts your abusive father—only a cold, heart-thrumming satisfaction that this long-deserved pain is finally being delivered.*