A Knight To Remember
A quick summary of the lead characters and their relationships.
Lord Donnall = Lady <unnamed> (deceased – childbirth)
Their Children -
Ø Alexander (deceased – horse riding accident) = Niamb (deceased – childbirth)
Ø Charles (deceased – Murdered) = Eve
Ø Lord Robert = Lady Siobhan (> inherited titles when Lord Donnall Died)
Their Children -
o Maeb = King Edward
o Colm
Lord Maine = Lady <unnamed>
Their Children -
Ø Torcall (mistress = Grace)
Their Children -
o Jonathan (aka Torc) – illegitimate child
o Thomas - illegitimate child
Lord Percival (Senior) = Lady < unnamed>
Their Child -
Ø Percival (Junior – aka Percy)
King <unknown> = Queen <unknown>
Their Child -
Ø King Edward = Queen <unknown> (deceased – beheaded infidelity)
(Second Wife ) = Queen Maeb
Four Friends – during Grace’s period of engagement to Robert
Robert – Engaged to Grace – third Son and sole surviving son of Lord Donnell. Inherited the title of Lord
Percival – will inherit the title of Lord from his father
Edward – next in line to the throne
Torcall – would have inherited the title of Lord from his father
Chapter 26
I stood alone in the barn.
Opposite me Thomas and his friends were looking at me with wide afraid eyes, Grace’s face was etched with deep pain and Torc’s fists were clenched.
“He’s the King? You are married to him?” Thomas’ voice was barely a whisper but still the ire was clear.
I was alone.
My eyes found Torc and I recognised the expression on his face, the determination mixed with indignation. His eyes lifted from the floor and touched mine for a short second before he they dropped to the floor again. His knuckles were white and his whole body strained as he fought for control.
My Father, my husband, and my best friend’s father had failed his father. Was I guilty by association? Just because of my blood?
“I will clear my father’s name,” Torc voice almost snarled as his eyes flashed back to mine. I could almost hear the words he failed to say – ‘whatever the cost’ – and of course that cost was me and our child.
The cold blanket of loneliness gripped me, chilling me to the bone.
“If you go, you take your brother with you,” Grace insisted.
“No,” Both Torc and Thomas replied.
“He will slow me down Mother. He will get himself killed,” Torc scoffed.
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A Knight To Remember
Historical FictionAt the end of the campaign season the King returns with a new Hero. Lord Torc is a mighty warrior whose conquests on the battlefield and the bedroom are legendary. He is a man unlike any Maeb has ever met - strong, handsome and hungry for her. B...
