Prologue

You know those times when you don't know what's real, who you really are or what you destiny is.

That's my whole life. I feel out of place. Alone even when I'm not.

I want my life to change. I want freedom, adventure.

But I guess that won't be possible. Especially for a girl like me.

I live in a small town called Port Royal; I live with my sister and father in a very expensive house. I don't do much as I am a woman and in today's society being a woman means little to everyone. We have no freedom of speech and the only thing we seem to be good for is getting married and having children. But I want more than that, I want to travel the ocean and explore new worlds that I have never seen before.

I guess I'm just another girl with an impossible dream.

My name is Victoria Swann.