Time well spent.

I have found the balance within myself and with it, a measure of peace. I know my place in this world and what I am tasked to do. My father would be proud.

I was able to liberate Isanna from the city for a little while. Despite our differences, we are just too similar for me to not know how much she was pining for a little freedom. That I was able to help her means the world to me and I look forward to the next time. I need to be cautious, though. I walk a dangerous line. If her father were to learn of my actions, I don't know that I would survive his anger.

There is another sniffing after her now, thinking to sway her with promises of flowers and a large dog. How can that compete with an entire forest and a wolf by her side? She is too smart to be swayed by such things, anyway.

I can't avoid her and I can't deny what I feel, whether she returns the same emotion or not. I am content with my choices.