Lenay is still a pretty stupid place! We had to sort of sneak through, and hide Athal, Raisse and the children in one of the Order hidey-holes! We did manage to quickly visit the wine guy, and he did marry Aunt Aine! That was awesome, and we got our wine,…

I thought the rest of the month would be boring, compared to Fikmet getting her mum back! And with just the two of us. But it wasn’t — I guess Fekemme and me, we can sort of settle! We did our work, and worked hard, and had pie together and…

A lot of other things that happened can’t be in this episode because they happened without Lyse present, and if Fekemme writes it Lyse will want to read it. But All Will Come Clear, later. Just when we had got used to living in the palace something BIG happened. Well,…

When we were done sanding the building bricks, and had taken a bath (my hair is once again bright flaming red!) we finally went to the palace. It wasn’t so hard to find, it was right in the middle of Valdis, we only had to go back on our steps…

And on to Valdis. Being a woman is stupid!!! Just when I have, like, bumblebees in my belly, that’s when my body decides to be at its most tiresome! Or is it always like this, every month, these things flutter in my belly and make filthy, stinking, rancid, clotty, smelly…

Perhaps not the most convenient place to suddenly become a woman. Er, perhaps not the most convenient place for anything. We still haven’t properly kissed again! And we’re almost in Lenay already. We’ve been on the boat for five nights now, sleeping in inns, well, in the stable lofts, of…