“Stop
that crying or by all that is powerful, I will beat you.”
“Do not
yell so. You will frighten the poor child.”
Through
tears, Branwyn stared at her uncle and aunt. “I… I do not understand. Why must
I go?”
Her
aunt sat next to her. “It is your time, child. A husband has been chosen. You
must leave us to join with him.”
“About
time it is!” Her uncle’s face grew redder with each word. “One year shy of a
score she is, and still unwed. She must fall to her knees to thank God someone
wishes to marry such an old spinster.”
Branwyn
slapped the arm of her chair. “I decline. It is my right. I shall not marry
this man!”
“How many
men do you think you can refuse?” Her uncle paced about the small room. “This
is the fourth suitor to ask for your hand. You cannot. It is done. Your things
are being loaded as we speak.” He jerked back a curtain in the window and
pointed.
The
door opened and in stepped a tall broad-shouldered soldier. “The carriage
awaits.”
“Branwyn.”
Aunt Selda patted her hand. “You have no dowry. This is a good match. He is a
rich man. He will give you babies.”
Suspicion
gnawed at Branwyn’s stomach. “And what did he give you?”
“Gold.”
Uncle Egbert picked up his purse and dropped it, with a rattle, back onto the
table.
Branwyn
dried her eyes with the edge of her sleeve, stood, kissed her aunt on the cheek
and strode out the door to face her destiny.
A
carriage with two strong, brown horses stood at the entrance. Two guardsmen on
horseback waited. The driver offered his hand to help her mount.
Branwyn
paused and turned. No one waited to say goodbye. The door of her uncle’s manor
closed with a determined firmness. Warm tears gathered at the corner of her
eyes. She blinked them back, then settled herself, pulled a blanket over her
legs and snapped the curtains closed. If the family she’d grown up with refused
to cry and wish her well, she would not shed a tear or turn for a final glance
at her adopted home. With a shout and a shudder, the carriage pulled away.
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Daryl Devoré pens another hot read – the medieval romance -Branwyn’s Love.
The tale of a young woman sold as a courtesan in training. Branwyn
arrives in a new land to begin daily lessons in the bewildering art of bedding
a man.
The noblewoman chosen to be Prince Malacke’s bride rejects him by
bedding his hated rival. Malacke turns his anger towards increasing the power
and wealth of Black Dorn castle. And he succeeds until his attention is
captured by the face of the woman who will be his queen.
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