I waited in the gardens as one selected at a time introduce themselves to me. It started in alphabetical order of the provinces, Sir Danny Meadows of Allens was the first to meet me. He was very energetic, it seems that meeting me made his whole week, it was quite cute. Next was Sir Edmund Green of Angeles he was actually pretty boring but I'm sure with more time he will become more interesting.

Most of the selected were really kind and unique in there own way though there was two who stood out the most to me. Sir Leon Bryitz of Tammins and Sir Elliot Kobe of Belcourt, it's funny because the two stood out for very different reasons and yet I was intrigued.

'Leon Bryitz, your future husband' was how Leon had introduced himself, his confidence was charming and definitely was something that would separate himself from the other selected.

Elliot Kobe on the other hand was incredibly shy, for the whole three minutes we spent together I did not hear a single word come from his lips.

Based on the small interactions I had with each of the selected I had an idea on who they were but, of course, ideas change.

I sat in the dining room, this was weird. For once dinner wasn't an awkward void of time and space, there was life in the room. As the selected talked with their voices low, I felt life and I knew Jaakob, mum and dad felt it too. Dad had a small smile on his lips while mum just looked lighter, Jaakob he was harder to read but I could tell he was happy as he wasn't glaring at me.

"I spent an hour and forty-five minutes with the selected," I started before taking a bite of my food, mum and dad's attention turning towards me.

"How are they, sweetie?" Mum asked intrigued.

"Most of them were really cool, I know it's too early for me to have favourites but Sir Danny and Sir Leon were the standouts," I explained before taking a sip of my drink. I looked over to Danny and Leon, it was funny because I could see them looking over to us, some of the selected must have heard what I had said because I spotted Sir Damon and Sir Jove glaring at the two.

Dad looked at me sceptically, his forehead was wrinkled and I could tell something I had said upset him. "What do you mean most of them were really cool? Was one of the selected rude to you?"

"No! No, of course not," I could tell he didn't believe me. I sighed, "None of the selected was rude to me, there was one..." Sir Elliot, "Who was a little shy but I promise it was fine, I don't expect all of the selected to like me at first."

I looked over to the selected, all of them were listening now. Looking between themselves to probably try and guess who of them was shy. I looked at Sir Elliot, he was looking down at his food, all of his light brown face being covered by his short messy brown hair, I could tell he was embarrassed so I decided to change the subject. "So... Jaakob, how are things with Evergail?"

Jake choked on his food taken back by the question, Evergail De León-Hallensway is Lady Neena's middle daughter, she is also Kat's younger sister, Jaakob says he doesn't have a crush on her but it's pretty obvious, plus Kat told me Evergail likes him too. "What? Me good, I mean... Good, things are good... with Evergail." Jaakob was blushing a deep red as I smiled, I missed this, I missed having a happy family. Jake and I haven't gotten along in seven years but the selection made me have hope.