Emory

I can feel cabin fever settling in after being stuck inside the castle for too long. Being confined to my room doesn’t help as there are only so many books to read and card games to be played. Even castle gossip is growing stagnant. I’m getting ready to climb the walls when my mother and maids finally agree to let me have lunch outside.

Summer is giving way to autumn, and it’s beginning to get cold, so Nellie and Helga dress me in warmer clothes. The pregnancy makes me feel overheated more than anything, so I concede on a brown cardigan over a pale green sundress. I slip on...