Arranged marriages are such shite. Worse yet when being forced to marry into your own family. Cruel world, but that was my destiny, fated to marry and have children with my own blood. Sarding fantastic, darling! Oh well, at least I knew exactly who I would marry from the start. That is until she showed me otherwise. I can't explain it, but I lost myself in those potent eyes and succumbed to my enchantress’ spell. My lovely Akelda, keeper of my heart. -Laella Javalla Keeping our secret affair from my parents and the servants of our home proved the hardest part. In our youth, we were wild and fervently in love. A risky game we played; both destined to marry men and bear children for our houses. Still, we selfishly indulged in each other, thinking only of ourselves. This passion could not end well, but from this erotic web we had spun, we could not so easily disentangle. Nevertheless, our time was running out, even if my spirited, headstrong Laella did everything her way to make it work. -Akelda Horne