A Knight’s Enchantment
“Yves’s greed showed in the supper table she was led to within the great hall of the stone keep. On the dais was a table with enough food piled upon its boards to feed several families for a week, and the servers were bringing in more pies and trenchers.
Sitting down beside her at this massive table, Hugh murmured, “You shall sleep in your own chamber tonight. I will clear out the clerks’ room.”
“They will not object?”
“They will bed down with me in the corridor and like it,” Hugh answered. “Now..., can you sit through a dozen courses, or shall I make your excuses and have a bite brought to your room?”
She looked at him steadily. With his tanned good looks it was hard to tell, but she thought she saw a blush across his cheekbones, and discomfort in his dark blue eyes.
“Still ashamed?” she almost said, but then checked that meanness. “Thank you for not contradicting me earlier,” she said softly.
He smiled and shook his head. “You are shy for a lord’s mistress.MoreLess
Sitting down beside her at this massive table, Hugh murmured, “You shall sleep in your own chamber tonight. I will clear out the clerks’ room.”
“They will not object?”
“They will bed down with me in the corridor and like it,” Hugh answered. “Now..., can you sit through a dozen courses, or shall I make your excuses and have a bite brought to your room?”
She looked at him steadily. With his tanned good looks it was hard to tell, but she thought she saw a blush across his cheekbones, and discomfort in his dark blue eyes.
“Still ashamed?” she almost said, but then checked that meanness. “Thank you for not contradicting me earlier,” she said softly.
He smiled and shook his head. “You are shy for a lord’s mistress.MoreLess
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