But the reward comes with a warning regarding the estate's mistress. After returning from the Holy Wars, he accepts bestowment of a small parcel of land in return for saving King Edward's life. Abandon her beloved people to be ruled by her new husband, an ignorant Templar knight? "Never!" the Lady Ann vows.Ī murderous witch for a wife? The Beast of Thornhill finds himself in the middle of either a cruel jest or an evil conspiracy. The king couldn't possibly have sanctioned this farce of a marriage, could he? After all, she alone transformed a few mud huts and starving serfs into a flourishing town, never once hesitating to pay generous taxes to his royal kingdom. A knife clatters to the floor, and a feisty young widow is bound, blindfolded, and led to the marriage altar. In the hours just before dawn, blasphemous curses echo throughout the stone manor.
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