AU. Padmé, her adopted brother Obi-Wan, and her sister-in-law Siri walk a tightrope teetering between their roles as Rebels in the Imperial Senate and execution. To keep prying eyes off of their covert operations, Padmé must woo the most emotionless man the Empire has known: Darth Vader. This sends everyone into a world of intrigue, power plays, whirlwind romance, and more.

In this alternate universe, after the death of Sate Pestage, Emperor Palpatine is in need of a new Grand Vizier. According to the Imperial Constitution, the position falls to his unpolitical apprentice and Supreme Commander, Darth Vader. Instead, Palpatine arranges a marriage between Lord Vader and the Senator of Naboo, Padmé Amidala. A Vadmé or Vader/Padmé story.

AU. Anakin Skywalker is captured and sold into slavery to Darth Sidious at the tender age of nine. Padmé Amidala, Queen of Naboo, faces the horrors of the Trade Federation's invasion without the help of the Galactic Senate. Both become warped by their experiences; hardened, vicious, cunning. But then they meet their match… in one another. And it changes the Republic for all time.