All Chapters of New Year Surprises: Chapter 21 - Chapter 30

Because it stands out against the moonlight, a warm glow of lantern light that vibrates through its open windows, it is a small but sturdy one-story wooden house.A house. Luis built Travis and me our own house."Oh, Captain Luis!""You're welcome," he interrupts before he can say anything else."But you didn't have to! You've expended so much energy and magic already building all those other houses and he and I could have easily shared""No, you couldn't have done it." Diego shakes his head firmly."What did you tell Luis?" I ask, my tone and temper are already rising."I didn't say anything ... I swear!" He says, his hands raised in front of him in innocence, taking a step back for every step I take toward him."He's telling the truth, Jane, I thought you guys could use a little place of your own now"Stopping my threatening advance towards Diego (whom I hear breathe a sigh of relief) I turn to Luis and give him a trul

The landscape is changing rapidly. The trees are spreading and separating even more. The river water that once roared and flowed in abundance has calmed into a harmless, bubbling stream. Even the sun, once pleasant on this cold January day, has now become a nuisance, overwhelming us and forcing us to shed layers of clothing. The desert is coming and it will soon be too late. Once we get to the arena, the horses will be sent back to the governor's castle and exchanged for carriages from Japan, and there will be no more horses which means there will be no more "stable boy" means ... "Jane are you okay?" If the heat is affecting you we can stop. "I'm fine, Travis. I am worried because we are running out of time" "Do you want to talk to Gabriela again?" "No, with Damian" He raises his eyebrow at me. "You have told him what it is to fight for someone, now I need to tell him what it is to be fought." "Ok, how can I help?" "Is

"Are you afraid? It's okay if you have it, you know? Not everyone admits it, but it is perfectly natural to feel fear when you discover that you are about to become a mother"My eyes go wide because I know exactly where this is going and I don't like it, especially because ... I'm not pregnant! "I mean, just your body ... you don't know what the hell is going on! Do you think morning sickness is bad? You haven't seen anything yet!" Yeah ... I don't like where this is going. "This reminds me that from now on, you should eat only healthy foods. One of the main reasons pregnant women get sick in the morning is because their body is trying to get rid of any toxins that may be harmful to their baby, so there will be no more junk food for you" Ms. Shiji says happily. And it's official… I don't like this conve

There are many ways to show love. One-touch. A whisper. A knowing look. If you're just an outsider, you may not pay much attention to these "little" gestures, passing them off as insignificant but given the right context, even outsiders will get a hint.Staring out the open carriage door, I keep staring in shock at the exemplary scene unfolding before me.There are no kisses, no dramatic declarations of love. There is only a boy and a girl hugging, crying silently.From a stranger's point of view, they could just be best friends, heartbroken at the idea of ​​never seeing each other again. From an outsider's point of view, the way both of them are acting can be seen as completely understandable ... They grew up together in the castle, after all. From an outsider's point of view, the way they stay intimately close can be dismissed as excusable ... They're just saying goodbye.I turn to look at Madame Shiji's wide eyes and her slightly open mouth from hers.

The baby that didn't even exist! And then I realized ... I wanted to be a dad. He wanted me to be a mother, he wanted this baby. He wanted him so implicitly that it was probably the reason why he hadn't realized the pregnancy wasn't real ... Because he was right in the middle of denial and wishful thinking. My heart sank. What had he done? How did things get so out of control? If I told him that she wasn't pregnant right now, in front of all these other people, it would not only break her heart and her hopes for him, but it would also crush him. STUPID Travis! If I didn't feel so bad for him, I'd hit him on the head. It was his stupid lie that started all this! Now, for his sake, he was going to have to maintain that lie, At least until she could talk to him, if she told him the truth now, she wouldn't have a chance to explain. Everyone else was forced to get in our way