A Warrior's Lady by Margaret Moore

Author:Margaret Moore
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Tags: Medieval
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

Three days later, Benedict slouched into a wayside inn. There had been no other inn between the last one and this. That damn Fitzroy and Anne must have stayed here last night.

After taking off his sodden cloak and tossing it on the nearest bench, he sat and bellowed for ale. Rain had been falling in a steady, demoralizing drizzle all day, making the roads a muddy mess. Water dripped through the louvered opening in the roof onto the fire in the central hearth. A skinny dog lay beside it, sleeping. There were other leaks through the thatch, but none fell on him.

“Curse you, Damon,” he muttered under his breath as his gaze wandered over the empty room.

He shouted again, his ire growing. Where was the innkeeper or his woman? He was of half a mind to fetch his own ale and the devil take him if they made him pay, when a woman sauntered into the room. She was tall, in poorly mended garments, but her measuring gaze took in his clothes and his sword, as well as the purse dangling from his belt. Her subsequent slow smile immediately ameliorated the worst of Benedict’s rage. He knew at once that she would offer more than food and a bed for the night. “At last, my beauty,” he said. “What’s a man got to do for some ale?”

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