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preface.

Amy Thompson POV:

This line was always in my head. When Hardin said, "𝘐'𝘷𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥 𝘩𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘳𝘦𝘥𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘯𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘭𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘮𝘺 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦, 𝘮𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮 𝘤𝘭𝘢𝘪𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘦. 𝘛𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘵 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘭 𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘥𝘢𝘮𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘶𝘴. 𝘛𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘦 𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘷𝘪𝘷𝘦. 𝘍𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘋𝘢𝘳𝘤𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘏𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘤𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘧, 𝘐 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘰𝘭𝘴. 𝘛𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭, 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘧𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘯 𝘱𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘢 𝘣𝘰𝘰𝘬. 𝘛𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘮𝘢𝘥𝘦 𝘶𝘱 𝘵𝘰 𝘬𝘦𝘦𝘱 𝘩𝘶𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘴 𝘧𝘶𝘭𝘭 𝘰𝘧 𝘩𝘰𝘱𝘦, 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘭𝘪𝘦. 𝘉𝘶𝘵 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘥 𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘐 𝘮𝘦𝘵 𝘮𝘺 𝘌𝘭𝘪𝘻𝘢𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘩 𝘉𝘦𝘯𝘯𝘦𝘵𝘵. 𝘐 𝘯𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘐 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘺𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘶𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘭𝘺 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘶𝘮𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘭 𝘩𝘦𝘳. 𝘚𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘮𝘺 𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘮𝘦 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘢𝘳𝘬𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘥 𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵, 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘴𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘥𝘦 𝘰𝘧, 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘮𝘦. 𝘐'𝘮 𝘴𝘰𝘳𝘳𝘺, 𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘨𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘮𝘦. 𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘰𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘢𝘴𝘬𝘦𝘥 𝘮𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘐 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘥 𝘮𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥. 𝘐𝘵'𝘴 𝘺𝘰𝘶" That line didn't resonate with me until I meant him. And that was when I realized I had found my Darcy. I always thought love was stupid and it was a meaningless emotion. That all changed as he made me realize what life was and how memorable it could be, and I'm grateful for the impact he made on my heart. I promised that I wouldn't leave but it seems the universe has another plan.

Theodore Anderson, find me in another world and make me your Elizabeth Bennet once more.

Theodore Anderson POV:

Out of all the books I have read, Pride and Prejudice has to be my favourite. This novel was what started it all. the moment I met her at the library to reread this very book. I always believed that she was my Elizabeth and I was her Darcy. With her laughter, the way she makes me laugh, everything about her felt like a dream, but it wasn't. I still remember her favourite quote from the book: "𝘐 𝘢𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘪𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥. 𝘗𝘦𝘳𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘴 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘪𝘥 𝘴𝘰 𝘣𝘦𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘴𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘦. 𝘐 𝘢𝘮 𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘪𝘦𝘳 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯 𝘑𝘢𝘯𝘦; 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘴𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘦𝘴, 𝘐 𝘭𝘢𝘶𝘨𝘩. " She promised me that she wouldn't leave me, but she did.

Amy Thompson, I will find you someday and make you my Elizabeth once more.