Amelia woke up one faithful day in the spring whilst Conroy was training with his men and she felt neglected by him. She wouldn’t lie, his drilling had paid off because most of his men who had been hopeless on swordplay could now duel and win.

　　But she still felt so abandoned by him as he had barely showed up in her room as of late, that Amelia felt sickened to the pit of her belly for the first time.

　　In truth, she was barely able to crawl out from her bed and ...