Dear sylvia,I don’t know what to say or rather write. I find my mind blank suddenly. I saw your ad in the paper . I don’t know what made it stand out but I felt something different while reading it. I am looking for someone, a partner to spend the rest of my life with. I know it sounds rather overwhelming but I assure you that I do not plan on “jumping the gun”, if you allow me the expression. I am a simple man living a simple life in the West. My great-grandparents left Italy to settle here. I inherited a small parcel of land after my parents sadly passed away from sickness that spread in town. I live with my brother who is the chief deputy. I spend my days working on the farm. We have farm animals as you can guess. However, we are trying to branch out and try out luck with apples this year. We hope to make apple cider, although Liam My older brother assures me that it would be too much work for us.I don’t know what more to say. I am looking for a partner, someone to work with me o
Dear X.,Thank you for answering the ad. When I posted it, I thought that no one would write to me. It felt like an absurd attempt to chase loneliness away...“No,” Olivia sighed, peeking over syliva’s shoulder. She balanced her son, Dorian on her left hip as she leant forward to read the letter her sister was writing . “You can’t say that. You sound too desperate and we don’t want that,” Olivia added. Dorian cooed, reaching for his mother’s mouth. Oliva held his little wandering hand. Her eyes turned softer as they lay on her son in her arms . “Behave, sweetheart mummy is scolding Aunty” she scolded, although gently.“What should I write then?” Syliva asked as she scratched the words she had written off roughly. The paper was covered in crossings- out. Her fingers had turned blue from the ink stains Dear X. ,Thank you for answering the ad. When I posted it, I thought that no one would write to me. It felt like an absurd attempt to chase loneliness away...I must admit that I was rat
Julius sat with a groan at the table. Dusk was there and painted the sky a deep shade of pink. The summer Heat was almost unbearable. He reached for his already lukewarm beer. The cold drink felt akin to salvation after a long day of work.“How was your day, chief?” Xavier chuckled as he took a seat as well. His twin brother, Xander sat next to him.“Tiring,” Julius grumbled. He watched as Liam walked towards them with dinner. A meal bought from the town restaurant again. They have grown tired of the saloon bar and restaurants with its constant noise and brawls. They decided to spend the night at the Winslow property.“Don’t complain. That's all that was left,” Liam sighed, putting their plates down. Grilled meat and side vegetables would have to do for dinner tonight.“It is always the same damn meal,” Xander complained. Yet he reached for a plate. He filled it under the watchful eyes of the other alphas. There was not much left at the restaurant when dusk came. The old cook always ma
After getting her mail, Syliva ran to her room. She found Olivia there pacing with Dorian in her arms. The poor baby suffered a terrible fever during the night. The little savings they had was used to pay the doctor and for the medicine.“Is he still sick?” Syliva asked with worry. They all did not get much sleep. Dorian kept crying all night. Olivia was ridden with anxiety, she stayed awake all night. Syliva from worry and the noise couldn’t close her eyes either. The other residents in their run down approached had their displeasure made known as well. They shouted slurs and threats to them all night long.“He is better,” Olivia whispered. She smiled tiredly at her sister. She moved to show the baby to Syliva . Dorian was finally asleep thank goodness. “Thank you for working my shifts this morning,” Olivia said with obvious guilt. Syliva replaced her at work more often than not since Dorian joined their little family. The truth was that Olivia was deemed infertile after a dis
Xander ran towards the woods at the back of their house. He noticed Xavier’s silhouette there. He held the letter tightly in his hand, almost wrinkling it. “Vie!” Xander called, breathless. “We received an answer,” he added quickly. His usual deep voice was slightly high pitched from the excitement. Xavier emerged from between the trees wearing nothing but his work pants. His bare feet sank into the green moss. His hair was still wet from his swim in the lake.“What answer?” Xavier asked, confused. He walked towards his brother. The other alpha almost collided against his frame. Xander looked overexcited. His eyes sparkled with delight.“Syliva answered our letter,” Xander said, brandishing the said letter like a prize. It still carried the sweet fragrance from the omega. “The letter we wrote the other night. Syliva answered!” he repeated with eagerness. “And she accepted our courtship,” he added with unhidden relief.“I thought I dreamt about that,” Xavier breathed, eyes wide open fro
The letter came after a week.Syliva grew restless thinking that Xavier gave up on her. The thought seemed ridiculous even to her. Olivia also told her as much. Syliva couldn’t help but worry. She had grown attached to the man. She would look at the picture at night hidden under the covers. Olivia teased her to no end. Syliva carried it in her wallet, too afraid to lose it. Xavier represented their way out as well. Syliva sighed once more. She couldn’t lose Xavier and what he represented. Despite Olivia’s teasing words, Syliva knew that her sister was worried as well.“A letter arrived!” Olivia barged into the room. She was breathless after running there. She had met the mailman on the way. The old man gave him the letter then under Olivia’s insistence. “The mailman told me that there was a problem this week which delayed the distribution,” she explained to her sister ,voice breathy from running. She sat on the bed extending the letter with a shaking hand.Syliva took it. He put dow
The trip was too long. Syliva wanted to scoff at the thought. Long was an understatement. The trip left her thirsty , exhausted, and starving. She only took a piece of bread and molded cheese for the way. She couldn’t bring herself to take more and leave little to Olivia and Dorian. Thinking about them made her heart ache so much . She packed some of Dorian’s baby socks as a keepsake and anchor. She recalled that Lilly took some of the other ones when she left also.The train finally stopped at the destination she was going to .People got off and some others went in. Syliva held onto her small luggage in her hand as she made her way to the platform. Passengers talked animatedly around her. The train engine was loud. The white smoke blurred the path. Syliva watched people hug each other as a form of welcome while others parted ways with a smile or tears. Her grip tightened over the handle of the luggage. She spotted Xavier easily among the crowd. What a man he was. Syliva blushed
Syliva woke up to sunlight on her face. She stretched with a groan. Her mind took a moment to remember recent events. She was no longer in the city. Olivia and Dorian were not sleeping on the bed next to her. No, she was in a faraway town fated about to marry...husbands.twin. It was overwhelming. She sat up in the bed. She could not help but let her gaze wander around the room. She could hear a rooster outside and the peculiar sound of a farm thriving. She left the soft sheets and explored the room. She opened the door next to the closet, and found that it led to a bathroom. Her breath hitched at the sight. She had guessed the alphas were wealthy but nothing of that extent. Everything in the bedroom and bathroom was so refined.“I will take a shower,” Syliva mumbled to herself. She suddenly felt very dirty in the midst of such luxury. She quickly locked the door on the other side of the bathroom. She guessed that it leads to another bedroom. She quickly undressed and stepped under the