Maria Rosa Thomson was born in disgrace. Before she even opened her eyes to the world, she had already cost her father his honor, his wealth, and his place among the elite. The illegitimate daughter of Charles Thomson, heir to a noble estate, and a woman of lower standing, Maria’s existence was a stain on her family name. Though her parents married soon after her birth, the damage had already been done. Charles’s father Lord Edwin Thomson stripped him of his full inheritance, leaving him with only a fraction of what should have been his birthright.
Maria grew up under the weight of her father’s loss, knowing that she was the reason the Thomsons had fallen from grace. Though her father and mother never blamed her outright, the tension was always there a silent, suffocating presence. Her father fought tirelessly to reclaim his standing, attending social events, forging alliances, and trying to prove his worth to the very aristocrats who had cast him aside.
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