*Kiona*

I can feel eyes boring into me and offer a weak smile to the ladies sitting nearby, then nearly jump out of my skin when my mother suddenly appears and floats elegantly down beside me.

“I don't believe I've ever seen you dance with Castor Softpaw before. I was under the impression you didn't even like each other”. She says.

“I came to know him a little better while I was staying with Isadora”. I mumble.

She smiles. “You make a handsome couple. Pity he's a second son”.

I sigh. “I don't think it's fair that conditions were placed on my inheritance of the cottage”.

“Life is seldom fair,...