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Nothing is being romanticized here. It's just fiction. You don't have to read it if it makes you uncomfortable.
There's no such thing as who is truly the victim here. It's like your undermining her experiences because someone lived through something worse. Sorry if you didn't mean that, but that's basically what I'm getting from your comment and it kind of triggered me because I see it happen so often to people close to me.
But i hate the FL! Her attitude is not acceptable. Yes i get her backstory. But seriously Varkas is the victim here. All royal sibilings are whack in the head. Do not romanticize things like this, folks