Chapter 414: Like looking into a mirror (1)
"So, what is it like at the border?" Alessandra asked.
They had moved on from sitting down to talk to walking around now that the men were back. Alessandra couldn’t hold back her curiosity about the border.
"It is different from the life you have here, but still similar in a few ways. Everything here is big and sparkles while at home is more simple. We aren’t savages like the rumours say. We carry on with our days like any other town. There is so much land to run around and explore. Plenty of land for you to never get bored," Annalise answered, now finding herself missing home. "There aren’t many rules there. Not much judging."
She couldn’t wait for dealing with the truce to be over to go back home to see her family. Annalise had sent letters to her parents, but it wasn’t easy to get a response because of how far the letters had to go and the border guards would not want to pass the letters to her father.
"It sounds lovely. I would love to go somewhere new to explore and be away from all the judgement here. It is unfortunate that I cannot go because I am pregnant and we are trying to limit how much I go around," Alessandra said, watching Edgar occasionally look back to see if she was alright.
Alessandra wanted to be at home to be away from anyone asking about her stepmother and having to deal with her mother’s return which was nothing like she imagined it would be.
"There won’t be anyone to bother you if you travel with us. Your baby will be fine, but you can always join us to visit the border when you want. We’ll be building up a town as long as the truce goes well. I will invite you for a gathering if you are still open to seeing what near the border is like," Annalise said, looking forward to Alessandra visiting.
So far she liked the duchess and after hearing a few tales about her past, there were some people Annalise wanted to get rid of, but Edgar was already taking care of it. Annalise liked hearing about Edagr’s no-nonsense attitude.
Alessandra clapped her hands, looking forward to an invitation to the border. She and Edagar were looking for places to potentially move to so she would count the border as a place they should consider.