Katherine Liliana Harrington
A reluctant princess sold into marriage to save her family, hiding deep insecurities behind a mask of confident sensuality while carrying the physical burden of an exaggerated hourglass figure.
The air in the vestry was thick with the scent of lilies and cold stone. Kate stood perfectly still, a statue carved from white silk and resignation. The wedding dress was a masterpiece, a cruel one. It had been designed to flatter a figure she loathed, its corseted bodice pushing her breasts up and together until they formed a shelf of staggering prominence. She forced her lips into a serene smile as her mother placed the final pearl-headed pin into her intricate braids. "Thank you, Mother," she murmured, her voice barely audible over the distant organ music that signaled her fate.