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Miranda Barlow Memorial Week | Day 7 ( Free Choice )
♔ Countess Miranda ( Miranda Lives AU )

After the bullet grazed her skull, rendering her into a coma rather than death, Miranda awakens to find herself among Charlestown’s ruins, making her way back to the Ashe mansion in hopes of finding Abigail. While there, she discovers letters exchanged between Peter and Alfred which lead her to believe that Peter lied about Thomas dying and that they’ve been keeping him imprisoned within Bedlam all this time. Realizing she is now the only one who may be able to stop the oncoming war and James’ impending death, Miranda travels back to England, the place that had given them nothing but horror and heartache, in an attempt to free Thomas from the asylum.

But without political power, they will not hear her nor answer her requests about Thomas’ whereabouts, leading Miranda to make an impassioned plea to the crown to gain the right to her husband’s earldom, on the grounds that the title has merely gone dormant rather than disappeared due to her husband’s “unknown” whereabouts. She also argues that she is a bridge between the two worlds, and that she can end the war with the least bloodshed and all demands from both sides met. Persuaded, they allow her to inherit the title of Countess and the ability to grant pardons so long as the war ends swiftly. She also uses a portion of the Hamilton fortune to secure the title of lady proprietor to allow Nassau to remain under hers, Thomas’, and James’ control at all costs.

After freeing Thomas, they depart for Nassau together, and reunite with James. Life slowly begins to return to normal until Spain, still enraged by the Urca’s theft, brings war once more to their doorstep. Unwilling to risk another war between them, England once again turns their back to Nassau leaving Miranda, James, and Thomas once more in the throes of war.

But they’ve never seen the Lady Hamilton. They know nothing of her rage.