Fourteen
Autumn
Autumn 960 MC
The cooler weather had come, and with it, boredom. Endless visitors begged an audience with the foreign princess, and her appearances at court had ensured the Palace was filled to capacity.
To Gerald, it was all a blur. He was constantly at Anna's side. He felt out of place; a commoner amongst the nobility but he did it for Anna. The late evenings were the most enjoyable for they would often sit in the mansion's library, reading through tomes as they regaled each other with interesting tidbits they found. Anna was a voracious reader and would read five books to every one that Gerald perused.
He was particularly pleased, one evening, to find a history of the army of Weldwyn, and it was with great interest that he discovered the events that led to the forma
