He was immensely relieved his brother had at last brought home a woman he wanted to marry, a woman he obviously loved. The succession of the Montbryce family through Robert was vital. However, it was typical of Robert to come along and steal the thunder yet again, just as Baudoin was on the point...
The future seemed shrouded in uncertainty, but Alex became more and more sure Elayne was his destiny. He requested her presence in his solar one afternoon, determined to leave there a betrothed man. As he waited he cast his mind back to the day he’d planned to ask her to b...
He delivered the reply from the Earl of Ellesmere to the ransom note sent by Rhodri. To the Prince of Powwydd Be informed the Earl of Ellesmere agrees to pay in full the ransom demanded for his family and servants but proposes an exchange at the border village of Rhydycroesau. Safe passage is t...
They had ridden by way of the famed rock and he was satisfied all was in readiness—the scaffolding, the platform and the windlass with its pulley and rope. He had hoped to put a fright into the mute, but she had passed out, and it was Letyce who shivered uncomfortably. For effect, he reined to a ...
Carys had removed the bindings from Rhys’s leg and he walked with the aid of a staff. Annalise would bear their child soon and Rhys wanted his son born in Wales. Carys’s recovery had been swift. Rhys and Annalise were godparents to Fleurie at her baptism. That scrap of humanity prospered, making ...