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LLANTHONY PRIORY, WALES, JULY 1148
Elspeth reread her mother’s letter, her breath catching painfully.
So, it seemed, for abetting a usurper, the prize should be an
Earldom and King Henry’s favorite daughter… Elspeth.
“Married,” her sisters said in unison.
Elspeth nodded affirmation. “Married.” To the new lord of Blackwood.
In her boundless greed, their mother had betrayed their grandmother, and in
the process, forsook their rights to Blackwood. And for his prowess in
battle, that legendary fortress now belonged to an assassin. The estate
would return to their family by virtue of marriage, but though the marriage
would grant Elspeth the title of lady, it was still her mother d’Lucy was
bound to.
Sacred cauldron! It wasn’t enough that Morwen forsook them all these
years past. Offered the chance to profit from her daughters, she meant to
take it—and make no mistake, while she’d called it a wedding, Elspeth
knew very well that she would be naught more than a prisoner changing
hands from one gaoler to another.
How sorely she missed the ivy-tangled courtyard and the view of the
sea from Blackwood’s tower window, but as much as she relished the
notion of returning to the home she’d shared with her grandmamau, she
could never bear the thought of lying beneath a vassal of the Usurper. The
thought made her feel wretched and filthy.
“Lady of Blackwood,” said Arwyn with a note of wonder. “What I
wouldn’t give to see our ancestral home, if only but once.”
Rhiannon’s amber eyes glinted by the firelight as she turned to address
the eldest twin. “And would you put our sister at the mercy of an assassin
only to appease your curiosity?”
“Of course not,” said Arwyn, defensively. “I was but saying—”
“I know what you were saying,” Rhiannon snapped. “Elspeth needs no
more reason to accept this unholy alliance. I, too, would love to see
Blackwood, but I will never step foot there if it means forsaking my flesh
and blood.”
“Sisters, please! Let us not fight,” Seren pleaded. “We all knew this
time would come. We must steel our hearts and minds.”
At twenty, Seren was the peacemaker. She was the middle child,
possessed of their father’s rufous coloring, but with skin so pale and smooth
it made the moon and stars weep with joy.
At Nineteen, Rosalynde was the youngest of the living twins, only
minutes younger than Arwyn.
Rhiannon was the second eldest, only two years younger than Elspeth.
Her amber eyes narrowed. “The granddaughter of a witch is still a witch,
even if she has no knowledge of the Craft. Have you forgotten what they do
to witches, Seren? Would you truly wish Elspeth in the hands of a man such
as that?”
As always, Rose defended Arwyn and Seren. “There’s no reason for
anyone to believe we are aught but good little servants of the realm. For all
anyone knows, the sins of Avalon have passed away with our Grandmamau.
Why would anyone accuse Elspeth?”
“Sins of Avalon?” Rhiannon asked, incensed. “Do not speak such
rubbish to me again! And do you truly believe they do not suspect
Morwen?”
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