And thus began the three best years of the life of Alphard Valois. The next morning, Isabelle dragged him to the castle library. Alphard had been here many times before, courtesy of his tutors of course. It was just a room full of dusty shelves of fat books, he didn't understand why Isabelle was so excited. The said girl was jumping on her toes
" See?"She chirped.
Alphard hesitated but shook his head. Isabelle's face fell a little.
"So you don't feel it? That weird tingly feeling in your heart when you're surrounded by books?"
He shook his head again. Isabelle huffed and crossed her arms.
" I guess we'll have to change that, won't we? Here, I'll show you my favorite book!"
Both children leaned over a huge, battered gray book with a faded cover.
" It's hard choosing one but this is probably my favorite. It's an amazing story Alph! It has dragons and warriors and epic quests!" She squeaked.