Prologue
August 1211
Dear Margary,
My dear sister, it has been a long time since I’ve written to you. My travels in the highlands are getting more exciting. I wish you could be here with me but that would mean failing Da and Ma as I did. I wish I wasn’t a free spirit and that I was more like you; I wouldn’t be a disappointment then.
I didn’t write to revisit old wounds or tell you details of my trip, I want to give you good news, I’m in love. You might find it hard to believe with the high standards I have set for my future husband but he is everything I’ve ever wanted.
This would be difficult to comprehend but Wally is from another world that is not ours called planet Krystan. He came through something he calls a portal.
I found him one night wandering near the inn when I went to watch the stars. At first, I was afraid and was about to flee but he was so disoriented, just like a daft person. I couldn’t just abandon him. I threw away all my senses and the fear that my action is highly frowned upon and invited him to my inn chambers. The innkeeper was long gone and the other tenants were asleep, I was his only hope.
It’s been two moons now since I met him and he is everything I ever dreamt of. The best thing about all this is that he loves me too. I can’t tell you all the details but I’m writing everything down in my book as I promised and you will get to read it.
He hasn’t found a way back home but when he does I will go away with him. I promise to bring him home before we go away. I hope Ma and Da will be happy for me.
Love Cecilia
