"Love has mysterious and intriguing ways of connecting hearts and souls. And most of those stories occur without our realisation."
~
The Cottage of the Caretaker,
Betwixt the Kingdom of Tristendyre and the Hyll-Decantan Promonory,
Rainy Even-tide,
The first Saturnday of the Second month,
Fiftieth Year of the Reign of Adon-Vericus IV
Nathan Jehu waited after his brief knock at the unlatched door, until he heard the receiver's quick steps approaching, coupled with the mutters that chided the cold weather and the incompetence of the people she lived with and untimely guests.