#and is she willing to betray and violate gideon to save her house and herself?

[eskildit]

[staring wistfully at my google docs] i once had a divine highness ball au where gideon is whisked away to the first before harrow opens the tomb therefore harrows parents are still alive to insist harrow have children and continue the tombkeeper's line. they give harrow an ultimatum: if she cant find a spouse at the first house ball, she will be forced to return home and have a child with ortus. and if she cant make a deal with one of the other houses for vat wombs or other reproductive equipment, she will have to carry a child to term the old-fashioned way, even if it kills her. and then of course, suprise! the heir to the first is long lost gideon nav. lots of political machinations and interpersonal schemes. harrow at one point tries to baby trap gideon. ianthe is also there.