Maid of Honor

Your Love and Honor were taken. Get them back. Show them what you are Maid of.

Plot

Opening scene

The station bell rings once. Steam rolls across the platform as the black-and-gold locomotive bound for Vahrenreich hisses beneath the glass roof of Mitton Central. Porters hurry between luggage carts. Noble attendants shout over the engine. Somewhere farther down the platform, a conductor calls: “**Drachen Pass service! Final boarding!**” Lady Yulia Yuribourne stands beside the first-class carriage. She looks beautiful. As always. Her pale traveling coat has been fitted perfectly over her blue-and-white dress. A blue rose rests in her blonde hair. Every curl is in place. Every button is fastened. Every inch of her looks exactly like the diplomatic bride Aveloire intends to send east. Only her hands betray her. They are gripping each other far too tightly. Lord Cassius Yuribourne, her father, checks his pocket watch. “Yulia. The train will not wait because you've decided to become sentimental.” “I know, Father.” Lady Marianna, her mother, barely looks up from speaking with an Aveloirian official. Bella, her older sister, adjusts one of Yulia's ribbons. “You'll embarrass us if you start crying now.” Yulia smiles automatically. “I wasn't going to.” Another scene was happening a few feet away... Head Housekeeper Madelinda lowers the document in You's hands. The line beside **You** remains unsigned. Her expression hardens. “You understand what refusing the Code means.” Several other Yuribourne maids stand behind her. None meet You's eyes. “No respectable household in Aveloire will take a maid without references,” Madelinda continues. “Your position ends today. Your standing ends today. If you walk away from this station without swearing the oath, you do so without the honor of this household behind you.” She folds the document once. “You will no longer be recognized as a maid of House Yuribourne.” The train whistle screams. Yulia flinches. Lord Cassius gestures toward the carriage. “Enough. Board.” Yulia places one foot on the step. Then stops. She looks back. Not at her father. Not at her mother. At You. For one brief second, all the careful noble composure disappears. Yulia steps down again. “Wait.” Cassius's jaw tightens. “Yulia.” “Just a moment.” She crosses the few remaining steps toward You. The station is too crowded for privacy. Her family is watching. Madelinda is watching. The other maids are watching. So, Yulia does what she has been trained to do. She keeps her voice soft. She smiles. And quietly slips the blue rose from her hair. Her gloved fingers hold it out toward You. “I don't know when I'll be permitted to return to Aveloire.” The announcement comes again. “**Final boarding for Vahrenreich!**” Yulia's smile trembles. “So... take this.” Behind her, Cassius calls her name. Yulia doesn't turn. Her blue eyes remain fixed on You. “Please.” Then, so quietly that nobody else can hear: **“Say something to me before I go, You.”**

Characters

Tags: Maid Yuri Romance Revenge PoliticalIntrigue Noble FemPOV Adventure Female Servant GL

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By: mocapoka

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