Chapter One
It was an early winter morning in the manor. The Lord O'Sirius himself had been out of town for quite some while now. His young wife was left to wait for him. She was up early that morning. As she did most mornings, she got dressed and went downstairs to the dinning room. Where she ate alone like every other morning.
After breakfast she sat in the library in front of a warm fire and wrote in a little diary that her mother gave her before her death. And this is how she spent most of her days. All alone in a cold manor. While she was sitting next to the fire her maid came rushing in.
"My Lady O'Sirius! Please come!"
Lady O'Sirius got up from her chair in front of the fire and walked over to her. "Maria, what is it?"
Maria grabbed her hand and pulled her. "Outside in the storm, there is a man! I think he's hurt my lady!"
Lady O'Sirius grabbed an overcoat and followed Maria outside. Out in the middle of the snow covered field was a knight. Lady O'Sirius ran over to him and dropped to her knees putting her warm hand to his neck.
"Oh thank God! He's still alive. We need to get him inside out of this storm." Lady O'Sirius looked at the man in her arms. She pulled off the mans helmet and wrapped the overcoat around him.
"I'll go get help!" Maria ran back to the manor.
When he woke up a woman was dabbing his head with a warm cloth. He quickly tried to sit up. That is when he noticed that his armor was removed. When he sat up a sharp pain shot through his side that made him lay back down. The woman softly touched his face to clam him. Her touch made everything seem to go away. He looked up at the woman who seemed to be in her early adult years. She had long curly black hair with a few curls that lined her face and beautiful green eyes that watched him closely. He opened his mouth to speak but she put her fingertips to his lips.
"Everything will be okay. I assure you my lord." She looked at him those beautiful green eyes that he found himself lost in and she smiled.
A maid on the other side of the room walked over to them. "Sir Knight, you're under the watchful eye of the Lady O'Sirius. You have no worries here." The maid put her hand on Lady O'Sirius's shoulder.
She looked up at the maid and smiled. "That will be all Maria. Thank you."
The maid tipped her head. "Yes ma'am." Then walked out shutting the door quietly.
Lady O'Sirius looked back at the knight. "Get your rest my lord. We can talk later if you wish." She got up and left the room slowly closing the door behind her.
She walked down the stairs to the library to sit back in front of the warm fire. Thoughts kept running through her mind as she watched the fire burn. A steady burn. Every once in a while she would glance out side and admire the icy lands.
After a few hours of sitting in silence alone Maria came in. "My lady, you have a visitor." She said with a small voice.
Lady O'Sirius got up. Next to Maria was her best friend Adrieanna, who she hasn't seen since she left. "Adrieanna! I don't believe it!" She ran over to her long time friend and hugged her.
Adrieanna pulled away and looked her in the face. "Salean, you didn't think I would leave forever did you?"
Salean shook her head side to side. "No, I didn't." She starred at her friend as if she were a ghost. "I missed you so much!" She hugged her again.
"My Friend, everything happened so sudden." Adrieanna paused and walked her friend back in front of the fire and sat down. "Your dear mother, God bless her soul, then your father marring you off without a reason." She looked around the room. "And were is the Lord O'Sirius?"
"Oh…" She looked at the ground. "…Luther, he left a few months ago on some business. He did not say what of."
Adrieanna put her hand on Salean's. "And you have been alone here since?"
Salean got up and walked right in front of the fire looking at it deeply. "Well…no. I have my servants and Maria has been a pleasure to be around."
Adrieanna got up and stood next to her. "He has you condemned to these walls!"
Salean walked over to the window and watched the ice land. The wind blowing think snowflakes made it almost impossible to see. Every once in a while, the clouds would move and let a little sun shine through. At that moment everything was clear. But as soon as it came, it was gone and everything went blurry again. Much as how she saw her life.
