<<< Take Me Back to the Beginning! or << Just to the Previous Part, Please! CHAPTER 6—ENCHANTING GIFTS She was worried the books would prove too great a temptation: that she might forget all etiquette and ignore her host in favor of digging into his precious gifts, but as it turned out, she had need…

<<< Take Me Back to the Beginning! or << Just to the Previous Part, Please! CHAPTER 5—BREAKFASTING AT DRAGONHEAD Under the crisp air of winter morning, Emaile’s eyes fluttered open. Her brow furrowed as she stared up at an unfamiliar stone ceiling. That’s not right… Where are our rafters and the white plaster? She rolled…

<<< Take Me Back to the Beginning! or << Just to the Previous Part, Please! CHAPTER 3—LORD HAURCHEFANT Once prepared, dinner proved to be a delicious affair, though Emaile wondered whether a castle of such import to the war could provide such fare regularly or if this were simply an effort to woo her with…

<<< Take Me Back to the Beginning! or << Just to the Previous Part, Please! CHAPTER 3—LORD HAURCHEFANT “Lady Emaile! Allow me the pleasure of welcoming you to Camp Dragonhead.” Her mind quickly returned to the present as Emaile slipped her hand into Lord Haurchefant’s and bowed her head demurely. “The pleasure is mine, I…

<<< Take Me Back to the Beginning! CHAPTER 2—THE ARRANGEMENT   It had taken four months of planning to birth this chance at catching the young lord’s eye. She still remembered the day her father had announced the arrangement. She’d set out for the Forgotten Knight, her father’s favorite pub, to drag him away from…

CHAPTER 1—A LADY’S JOURNEY    Emaile slid her long, slender finger along the edge of the carriage curtain, drawing it aside to peer out the back of the chocobo-drawn carriage at the snowcapped valleys of lower Coerthas. Her warm breath puffed from her small nose into the cold air like the smoke of a dragon.…