I mean, Princess.’ He answered her slightly shocked look, and turned his gaze to the paper. The handwriting was neat and elegant, but somehow girlis...h all the same. It said simply: My Lord Alexander: Providence has brought you to me. I wish you to know as flatly as possible that I do not want the life my father has planned for me. My tutor tells me you are here to take me away from all this. I am willing to go to any lengths to escape it. I believe the caliph has a plan for you. I believe I may. "We belong together," I said. "I don't ever want to be without you." I'll never let us go."But as I snuggled into her arms and the conversation moved into where,when and associated detail of us coming together as wife and wife, Iknew she couldn't make that promise, not when she'd volunteered to gointo harm's way. Every single soldier who'd been killed over there musthave made that promise to their loved ones; why would Nina's be morepowerful?That well trodden Monday morning ritual came around.. I wasn't sure I wanted to know the answer to that. Sounded like something was going to interfere with my plans for a leisurely close of the day. Looking suitably serious, I followed the whirlwind into the sunroom with two cut glass beauties.Jody had been stuffing things into shelves and cupboards and tidying up in general. She took her glass from me and sat down on a hassock. She was still tense, and continued sorting a pile of magazines while she talked."I ran into Melissa!" She said. She took. I also received many complimentary comments about Nicola. The party went on until some of the staff disappeared to get ready for breakfast service. This was when someone kicked my foot to wake me. I had nodded off about three in the morning and a little later Nicola had crawled onto my lap and curled up with me.I had no idea what my blood alcohol was, so asked the night porter if I could order a taxi. Nicola and I undressed as quietly as possible and slipped into my bed around six. Later Nicola.