And now that I have not so much broken the fourth wall as rendered them all moot, allow me, please, just one more moment. Because if you look back at the beginning of this book, you will notice that there is no dedication. A minor detail, mostly because it’s nearly universal—
Who drinks the deepest? Here’s to him.—
or—
To. The. Onlie. Begetter. Of.
These. Insving. Sonnets.
Mr. W.H. All. Happinesse.
And. That. Eternitie.
Promised.
By.
Our. Everlasting. Poet.
Wisheth.
The. Well. Wishing.
Adventvrer. In.
Setting.
Forth.—
and just as I saved my name and its power for you here, at the end, so have I saved this moment to dedicate this story to you. Allow me to tell you it’s not for Veronica, or any girl who has been there with me through everything, or my parents or my sister; this is for you. I know not how you have found these words, nor who you are, but the whole point has been to reach you, and so, if I have, if you have read this far, to you I am forever grateful, and I leave you with one final gift. I mentioned in beginning that I hoped beginning with
Once upon a time
might lead our way through to three others, and here and now I offer those words to you:
May you live happily ever after.
Also by Will Entrekin
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Meets Girl
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