I killed my stepfather and fled, only to be rescued. My benefactor married me, then sent me to the Marshal’s bed. We clung to each other desperately in bed, but outside it I was treated worse than a dog. I’ll repay my benefactor’s kindness with my life, and answer the Marshal’s cruelty with my knife. The Marshal becomes my slave. My benefactor is left without an heir, and I become a queen. The Marshal willingly grovels at my feet, The Outcast, above all but one and below all the rest, a bed slave for me alone.
