visions are seldom all they seem

Her initial assessment had been correct; this princess had shown herself frivolous and vain, with little concerns beyond lacing her corsets as tight as possible and painting her face in the queer styles that Reachmen oft did. Of the so-called piety her brother had praised, she saw nothing but gluttony and lust; a woman of insatiable appetites, claiming her due in mouthfuls and unchaste kisses. Like a butterfly visiting each flower in a garden, the princess would move about the parlor; her colorful skirts and sleeves swaying to and from as she wanders aimlessly between the present company, as expected of an animal not particularly possessed of intellect. Nothing more than vanity and fleeting beauty. - Lady Melantha Banefort is invited to stay at Princess Maegelle Targaryen's private residence and learns that discomfort doesn't always bring absolution.

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One more entry for our dotd AU!!!!! this time featuring @carnage's oc Mel and her introduction to the inner circle at Alysanne :)

I ADORE THEM YOUR HONOR

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