Chapter Forty-Six

#Chapter Forty-Six

She lived with her sister for years, but sent letters to Lachlan often. He was initially unbelievably mad after she left abruptly like that, and called her familiar names again, but he eventually settled down and decided to respect her decision. As time went on, they conversed through letter after letter, and grew closer until they knew almost everything about each other.

Then the war happened. And Lachlan was sent to the front lines. He sent her letters as often as he could from the trenches, and Serene made sure to reply each and every one of them. The war intensified around the world and soon, the frequency of his letters died down. She used to receive letters every week, until it became every fortnight, before it turned to a month and later to several months. She waited with bated breath for each letter and without fail they always turned up and she would talk to him about her boring days without him and he would update her with news of the battles he was in. They wrote each other religiously, and every night passed with her penning down what she planned to tell him and days passed with her checking her mail box first thing in the morning. When the letters came, her nerves calmed down and peace settled around her. She breathed more easily and no longer had panic attacks.

At least, that was, until the letters no longer came.