Time and again the sun sets like a bedimming curtain before my eyes, taking with it all illumination, warmth, and color. I am overwhelmed by night and the monsters that lurk in shadows of despair....

A new star, the Christ child, God’s gift to mankind; these are what Christmas is made of.

Guardian Belikov is the princess’s guardian now,” said Kirova, “Her sanctioned guardian.””You got cheap foreign labour to protect Lissa?