Dark Destroyer
“Jasper said sternly. “I have ordered you to bring her down to the hall. Since when do you refuse an order?”
It was early in the morning the day following Kathalin’s arrival at Hyssington. The clouds were heavy this morning, pewter in the sky, threatening another dump of freezing white particles, and the castle grounds were just becoming alive with men going about their duties.
In the great hall, however, there was a potentially explosive situation happening as Jasper, demanding his daughter’s presence, had been denied by Gates. Denied. Jasper was having great difficulty comprehending his knight’s refusal to produce his own flesh and blood.
“My lord,” Gates said patiently. “May I speak candidly?”
“You had better.”
Gates, who had hardly slept all night, lifted a displeased eyebrow. “You must understand something about your daughter,” he said. “She has lived most of her life in a convent where there were no men about.
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