Chapter 1: Chapter 1
I'm a traveler, and I've always loved the battlefield. The smell of the salt and the dirt and the men. The sound – the crackle of muskets and the swish of swords – "is my lullaby. It's the sound I fall asleep to and the sound I dream of when I don't sleep.It's the sound that reminds me that there is something out there beyond the darkness. That there is a world filled with color and life and love." My eyes water as I think of the man I love. The warrior who fought beside me on the battlefield. The man who made me a promise that I believed until his death do us part.