Was Ben trying to shut down her terribly romantic idea? Had Canada's cold winter harshened him so? Her Ben, who'd talked about stargazing would be all over the idea of using Medieval-y pseudonyms in their letters.

"Oh, I thought you'd forgotten, seeing how long it's been since we've written," Ellory said with a pout. She picked up one of the displayed quills and passive-aggressively scribbled her name on the piece of parchment offered for the testing of the quills.