A KNIGHT TO
REMEMBER
Out of time, bound by honor—only love can break the curse and stop the darkness from rising.
“Black Knight, pledge thy loyalty and love to me and no other!” Queen
Isabel Trenowyth demanded.
“I cannot, Your Grace,” the Black Knight replied, ignoring her haughty
tone while holding back his jet-black Andalusian from prancing too close
to the queen and her court. “My heart belongs to another.”
“Another? Thou wearest the colors of this kingdom. My kingdom.”
Isabel snorted, her proud face suffused with rage. “Thy heart canst belong to
no other in this time or in any other time.”
“Thou speakest the truth. I wear the black and gold colors of Heartsease
as a knight by my own pledge, sworn to protect the castle walls and its people,
nothing more, Your Grace. I cannot give my heart to one who on a whim hast so
many knights on bended knee.” The Black Knight backed his snorting
stallion a little farther from the anger of Queen Isabel. He’d vowed to protect
Heartsease and its lands for longer than the queen’s reign; he’d never promised
to be her lover.
“Of course, there are other willing knights of Heartsease who would give
me the pleasure I request. It is what thou hast refused me all these years
which I seek. I have offered thee everything, and now thee shall have nothing.”
Isabel waved him off like a finished piece of meat. “The tournament shall
continue.”
A sneer marred her otherwise beautiful face. “Ruin him, Sir Thomas!”
Queen Isabel commanded of the Black Knight’s opponent.
Sir Thomas backed his gray mount away from Queen Isabel until he
reined in solidly beside the Black Knight. The line had been drawn, and the
Black Knight knew Isabel would not take lightly a refusal from two of her
knights.
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