I Am Lord of Silvia

She sat in front of the glass door. Deep winter had arrived, yet she was dressed so lightly.

She gazed at the passersby in a daze, like a girl waiting to be rescued. I watched her as I approached from a distance. The moment she noticed me looking at her, I could clearly see the delight in her eyes. She stood up, and I quickly looked away, afraid she would catch me staring. Even so, I kept watching her out of the corner of my eye.

I saw the disappointment and unwillingness in her eyes. There was nothing I could do. I knew we belonged to different worlds, and I couldn't give her what she wanted.

As I walked away, I vaguely heard her say to someone else:

"Hey, handsome, come on in and have some fun."

A Western fantasy set in an age of cold weapons, about a lord's rise through technology, with no System.

This novel and its characters are entirely fictional. Any resemblance to actual people or events is purely coincidental. Do not imitate.