Maria,

You need to think about your reactions to things, they seem to be backwards. You should have been furious with me after everything I did to you – I'm still in slight shock that you love me.

I agrre with your statement, I don't think there's anything about you I don't like, Maria.

Again I'm hating this letter thing. This is something I don't want to tell you in a letter but I've no choice, sadly.

As you know when you came to Moonacre I tried to kidnap you, but what you don't know is that I was watching you for a bit more than a week before. That all adds up to two weeks before you jumped of the cliff.

I was watching you for the same reason that I tried to kidnap you, because it was my fathers order. He told me to watch you and capture you when the time was right. But I couldn't do it, Princess, eveytime the time was right I couldn't go though with it.I felt like I knew you. Even then you had too much of a hold on me.

I'll tell you more when I see you. It's all to do with my upbringing and Loveday leaving.

Love

Robin