Give the A N G S T. My heart needs to be ground into a fine powder
I can’t give away everything but let me give you a premise for this au. (It isn’t related to the other one I definitely plan on doing after finishing HWB Warner’s.)
In the chaos of the invasion and raid, all Angelina can find is her children’s empty room- ablaze.
Salazar had his men set the fire- but the room was already empty when they arrived. (They escaped through servants quarters.)
Angelina confronts Salazar, demanding to know what he’s done with them- but rather than the truth- he decides to kick her while she’s down and only responds that they’re gone for good.
Angelina believes she has lost everything- first her husband, her home, and now her kids.
After being told this- she escapes by jumping into the castle motes from the outer castle wall- and Salazar assumes she died from it.
Angelina doesn’t die- instead she finds herself awake and still alive- and vows she will avenge her children. She won’t die until Salazar does.
She spends the next several years cultivating a rebellion and takes down anyone, and I do mean anyone, who dares to try to stand in her way.