A Kingdom's Cost, A Historical Novel Of Scotland - Plot & Excerpts
CHAPTER ONE Stirling, Scotland: July 1304 Bishop William de Lamberton grasped his squire by a shoulder, pushing him towards the open doors at the end of the long, high-arched hall. James twisted out of Lamberton's grasp and whirled to face him. A youth of sixteen, dark-eyed and slender as a knife, James flushed with anger. "I won’t swear fealty to him." Lamberton sighed. James was being unusually difficult. "Do you want your lands back? Your father's title?" James drew himself up. "You know I do. I must have them." He shoved shaking fingers through the black tumble of his hair. "My people need me, and it's where I belong. I've sworn to get back what was stolen from my father--a sacred oath." "Then you must bend a knee to King Edward." The lad stared past him to a hole that gaped in the far wall of Stirling Castle, captured only two days ago by the English king. The air reeked of smoke. Overhead, beams were blackened from fire. "They tried to surrender, and the king wouldn’t let them.
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