Dear Diary,

Now that I have come to terms with my feelings I am certainly less restless.

I decided I will not tell him about my feelings yet. Once he arrives, and I see if he happens to feel more or less the same way, I shall do it.

My feelings are true, but I think it is not prudent to jump into an empty moat. I have my pride, after all.

Shad returned from Gerudo Province- I decided to rename it after its rightful inhabitants - some days ago, carrying an absurd amount of artifacts, books, and other documents. He brought an amazing corpus of cultural information.

I have been slowly learning how to play one instrument he brought, called a guitar. It is quite similar to a lute, but has a curvier shape, and sounds a bit different. I have been torturing my fellow Gerudo councilwomen with my sad attempts to play a tune for a couple of days now.

Naima joked about me trying to turn my love interests deaf. I would, except for one certain hero whose presence I am craving desperately.

Telma reminded me practice makes perfect, but still said it would be an amazing idea to scare off unwanted attention.

Around that time, I received some mail in my studio.

There was a letter with the seal of the Army on it. It was from Link. I saved it to read it later.

I wonder what news it brings.

Yours,

Zelda

P. S. : We were chit chatting, waiting for Uli and the children to arrive.

But, then we heard a knock on the door. Instead of our guests, it was Rusl.

'A hawk brings bad news from Snowpeak'. His hands were shaking.

Link, I thought, my a pit in stomach formed immediately.

'There was an avalanche on the way back, on the peak near the entrance of Zora's Domain', his voice was almost a whimper, 'there are five people missing… Link is one of them'.

I felt like all my blood was drained from my body in a second.

'They are trying to find them in the debris', he continued, 'Yeto and the Zoras are helping also. They would be sending a hawk with news in a couple of hours'.

I am honestly really scared, and anguished. I am writing just to keep my head away from dark thoughts.

Somewhere in my heart I know he is alright, I can feel it; I am still worried, though.

Oh, Golden Three, take care of him and his fellow soldiers.

P.S. : After some tense hours - Rusl was about to leave to Zora's Domain to check if they had news, we received the much awaited update letter: Link and his soldiers are alive and well!

They are safe and sound, just with a minor case of hypothermia - certainly it could have been worse. They were found under over fifteen feet of snow. According to the letter, they would still be arriving tomorrow, but late in the evening, since they made a stop with the Zoras to help the men recover faster.

Link recovered as fast as he always did. Probably to him this was a minor inconvenience, compared to his ordeals during the Twilight invasion. Or he is just being careless and stubborn as an Ordon goat.

I can sleep at ease now. At least, I shall try, for the anticipation of seeing him again has me all on pins and needles.

Goddesses, I want to see him again so much.

I will read his letter before going to sleep. He surely has more than an anecdote to tell me for sure.

P.S.: I have not been able to sleep because of the letter. I… just cannot believe it.

I wanted to cry - I did - and laugh of sheer, pure happiness, and scream it from my balcony so all of Hyrule would know - I did not, for people may probably think their Queen is insane; I am just sensibly lovestruck.

He loves me.

He loves me.

For Nayru's sake, I feel as if my heart is going to explode.

How can you possibly cram so many emotions in one day?