The Ostara military was comprised of cruel, brutal men who greeted surviving villages with violence and left them with nothing but poverty and terror. When word reaches the Village of Flawmore, alerting them that Ostara soldiers were arriving to town, the Council decided to offer a virginal sacrifice - a sexual peace offering to both placate the soldiers and solidify their loyalty to the military cause. The virginal and sexually ignorant Willow Bronston was chosen as that sacrifice. She was overcome with fear when she saw the military approaching, but who met her wasn't the Ostara soldiers. Instead, it was Locke Huxley, a prominent leader of the rebel cause. Instead of taking her and brutalizing her as she imagined the Ostara military would, Locke offers her refuge after she was banished from her village, brings her comfort in her times of unease, educates her on the workings of her anatomy, and teaches her the pleasures of their bodies. **** The main female character is a Christian woman. This story is not a Christian romance story, but her religion is an important part of of the plot. Please don't speak disrespectfully about Christianity in the comments, disrespectfully of any religion for that matter, or having no religion at all. I won't tolerate that.****