Aulelia
October 1500 PD
The doctor says that my child should be coming any day now. I wish I could tell Luca, the father of my child. And blast it, I don't care what my Father says—I'm going to tell him about his child after its born. But I will have to be careful about my father finding out—he doesn't know it was Luca who fathered my child, no matter how much he roared at me to tell him.
Ah, Luca, how I miss him. I haven't seen him in months. My father has me hidden away, in order to try and avoid disgracing our family name. That why I never got to tell Luca about our child. He's doesn't even know where I am—few people do. And it pains me that he isn't one of those few. I miss him dreadfully.
One of the people who knows where I am is my dearest friend Conrad. He's been such a dear about this, staying with me and keeping my company. I don't know what I'd do without him. I couldn't ask for a more wonderful friend, a friend who is practically my brother.
Rora knows about my situation and has been wonderful to help me stay positive. She said there is still so much hope. She said that she herself met a man named Cadeyrn, and while she was only able to be with him for a month (before his people found out and took him away, and she hasn't heard from him since), she still felt a love she had been missing since she lost Randy. She's pregnant, too, and her child will be due only about two months after mine, in December (11). The doctors over there say it's a girl.
I laugh to think of how she'll grow up, with so many brothers. Heavens help any man who wants to court her—they'll have to go through her seven older brothers first! I barely managed to keep my lover from one brother who was kept busy with a wife and royal duties!
Annotations:
11) December: Selene Celeste Fonix was actually born on December 21, 2000 AD (Terran Years), which is the Winter Solstice. Selene wanted this to be added to point out the irony of her birthday being the Winter Solstice when her element is Fire.