I had perhaps been a little cruel in making Raven wait. But I had taken my time in coming out to join the party. Yes, the party may well have been arranged for me. Well, for me and Raven, and the planned wedding, but the truth was, I did not feel in the mood to celebrate it. A sense of dread sat over me whenever I thought of it. Until I had the results of the test I had set for her, I would not know how to feel about the girl.
Oddly, Raven had been somewhat different when I eventually chose to join the celebrations for our engagement. I could not deny her beauty, just as no other could, going off the admiring glances my bride-to-be was earning from both men and women alike. She had near taken my breath away as my eyes had settled upon her from across the gardens. But beauty was nothing
