The Uninvited Guest
“She didn’t want to go inside. Without their support, the task that faced her seemed enormous and impossible. Search every room? Question everyone who remained in the castle?
With reluctant feet, she dragged up the steps to the great hall. Could be, the killer was riding even now with King Owain’s party, which was a comfort only in that Gwen might have a few hours without a dead body to plague her.
She pushed open the door to find that the only people remaining in the hall were a few older men, ...a handful of soldiers from the garrison, and a gaggle of girls. Facing them, Gwen quailed even more. Every one of Cristina’s female friends and relations fitted into a category of female that Gwen found unattractive: sharp and mercenary like Cristina, overbearing and pompous like Enid’s mother, Lady Jane, or simpering and vacant.
Then again, maybe not all.
A young woman sat at the end of one of the long tables, working her way silently through a large bowl of porridge. It was Mari. Gwen had noticed her the first day she’d arrived with Lord Goronwy and some others of Cristina’s family, before all the troubles began.MoreLess
With reluctant feet, she dragged up the steps to the great hall. Could be, the killer was riding even now with King Owain’s party, which was a comfort only in that Gwen might have a few hours without a dead body to plague her.
She pushed open the door to find that the only people remaining in the hall were a few older men, ...a handful of soldiers from the garrison, and a gaggle of girls. Facing them, Gwen quailed even more. Every one of Cristina’s female friends and relations fitted into a category of female that Gwen found unattractive: sharp and mercenary like Cristina, overbearing and pompous like Enid’s mother, Lady Jane, or simpering and vacant.
Then again, maybe not all.
A young woman sat at the end of one of the long tables, working her way silently through a large bowl of porridge. It was Mari. Gwen had noticed her the first day she’d arrived with Lord Goronwy and some others of Cristina’s family, before all the troubles began.MoreLess
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