About the title

  Finding a good title for this story was long. The first title I had in mind was  "The story of a life ", but there are others stories with a similar title, and it's not very unusual, same for "Destinies".
"Life isn't a isn't a long and winding road" wasn't good, and sounded too "comedic" in French, and my story isn't like that, and this title wasn't too classy ( and not very "Versailles ish" ).

   Some episodes of  Lady Oscar, the rose of Versailles sounded very good
"Oscar, the fate of a rose"
"You're the light, I'm the shadow"
"The fates of the roses" wasn't too bad, but maybe a little bit  too "gardening"  even if  the "roses" are people and not flowers.
"You're the light, I'm the shadow" ( tu es la lumière, je suis l'ombre )  = "D'ombres et de lumières"

   Why this title ? Why in french ?  Because life is made with  part of  light ( happiness)  and  part of shadows ( darkness, secrets, fears ).
This title is also an oblique reference to "Lady Oscar", this anime takes place in  XVIIIth Century and  it's    "The Age of Enlightenment"
It sounded better in French because of this reference.