Dearest Journal,

After last week one would think I would know better than to open the pages of Witch Weekly. But I have forgotten to suspend my subscription. I shall have to write to them immediately to cease receiving such mail. If I had any lingering fondness toward the publication I no longer do. I am now listed among ‘Five Society Women to Stay Away From’ as is Dear Minta. They may drag my name through the dirt, but I can not abide their actions toward my cousins - either of them. Bella and Minta are simply looking to live their lives as happily as possible. Shouldn’t all ladies be allowed to dream of a happy ending? While Bella has indeed had her misfortunes our dear Minta should not have to suffer for them. They are two very different young ladies and to be judged by one’s sister (or cousin) is the height of unfairness.

I knew there would be damage to my cousins for my actions, I admitted so when I wrote to them on my honeymoon, but I had not thought it to be so … blasphemous. I so wish to write them but I suspect my letters would only be spurned upon arrival. Afterall, even my smallest interactions are reported such as my visit to Diagon Alley. They would likely suspect even their mail being intercepted and read!

I am grateful that it simply printed Bella and I’s meeting not my own actions toward the boggart. But again, I find myself wondering, why actions such as fear of a dragon are not more noted upon than a conversation with my own cousin? Does our society so value scandal that it has entirely lost sense of its own decency.

Ace assures me that I should not put faith into such publications as Witch Weekly, that it does not reflect the words of society, but I know this to be untrue. Who among our set does not read Witch Weekly? Does not consider it might even have a grain of truth to it? But I should abide by my husband’s wishes and pay no mind to it - after all, I am in mourning and hidden from society anyway.

Despite Witch Weekly’s campaign against me, I find that I still do not repent my actions. I love my husband with all my heart and I would not deny us our happy ending.

Lucille