Seneschals
She had made a bargain with Rolf
She knew what such grief was like and she had built her own defenses high over the years. But if you raised them too much, they became a prison and in the end you drowned with no one to hear you screa...
Talking to the knights—jesting
There is love at first sight - so the troubadours say - and there is the love that you take on piece by piece - like armouring yourself . . .' A thoughtful look crossed his face. 'Or perhaps like remo...
Alienor glanced across at the girls who were still oblivious of their fate as they sat over their game of chess. They had been born to be pieces on a board, but whether pawns or queens depended on the...
Alienor raised her eyebrows. I can see straight through your ruse, she said. Even if it is not plain on your face, Aimery de Niort is giving the game away. She glanced toward the young knight who was...
Grief was just the moment before you tied off the thread and began the next one. That was when you made your choice about what you were going to sew next.
In the Middle Ages it was a given that all animals and birds had a name relating to their kind. All cats, for example, were either Gylbert or Tybald (hence Tibbles); all sparrows were Philip. All redb...
Indeed, she had started to wonder if her blessings might be in her daughters and their progeny rather than in her sons. There was greatness in the female side of her line, and if she could nurture it...
My lady, you must bend before you shatter and destroy everyone else into the bargain, she said. What do you know? Mellette snapped. That our lives would be easier if you could find it within you to sh...
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