Chapter 21. Winds

Dear Rhysand,

I have been in love with you from the second I set my eyes on you. With you I have learned things, I have grown…we have grown together.

You taught me the meaning of home and it was only you who made me feel like the most cherished woman in the world.

You must be thinking that I am a fool to leave my home in the cottage with my father. No, there were riots spreading like venom, houses were scavenged to search for the lilac-eyed girl, if I hadn’t come to the forest they would have found me.

Again I had wondered then why did you leave me, if you wanted me to be defeated you would have surrendered me to the soldiers, given me a chance to fight but instead you gave me peace, sending me far away from the king, you endured the tortures yourself so I could remain safe.

If I would have asked for a better mate, Rhysand, I would have actually gotten none because there is no one better than you, there couldn’t be.

You have always fulfilled your