DarkWolfe by Kathryn Le Veque

Author:Kathryn Le Veque [Le Veque, Kathryn]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fiction, Medieval, Romance
Publisher: Dragonblade Publishing, Inc.
Published: 2017-10-17T18:30:00+00:00

CHAPTER ELEVEN

Kale Water Castle

It was a brisk autumn day as Lady Sable de Moray de Shera sat in front of a warm fire, working on a tiny little tunic. One of the serving women at Kale had just delivered a healthy son and Sable, who was very good with a needle and thread, was finishing up on the warm little garment for the child. She was a thoughtful woman, to friends as well as servants, and well-loved at Kale. She was overwhelmingly loved by her husband, who even after a year of marriage, was as besotted with his wife as he was the day he married her.

With brown eyes, brown hair, and a porcelain face, Sable was exceedingly lovely and possessed graceful manners. Finishing her last stitch, she cut the bits of thread from the garment and held it up, looking at her handiwork. Pleased with it, she considered sewing another one, as she had enough fabric to do so, when the old oak door to the solar pushed open and her husband appeared. Sable smiled at the man as she set the little tunic to her lap.

“Well?” she asked. “What brings you to me? Did you miss me so terribly that you could not stand being parted from me, not even since breaking our fast?”

Cassius de Shera grinned at his wife. A very large man with broad shoulders, dark green eyes, and wavy dark hair, he was a son of the great and powerful House of de Shera. The patriarchs of the family were three brothers who had fought with Simon de Montfort during the tussle for the throne against Henry III. Lords of Thunder, they’d been called for their prowess and power in battle, and Cassius was a tribute to that reputation. He was the bastard son of the middle brother, Maximus, but the family had never treated him as if he was any less because he’d been born out of wedlock.

In fact, Cassius was as well-trained and well-loved as the legitimate offspring, hence his presence here in the north. His father had sent him north to train with de Wolfe and learn the ways of the Scots, part of his broader training as a knight, and Cassius was hungry to learn all he could. He’d come to Kale Water right after his marriage to Sable, about a year prior, so they’d spent their entire married life up here in the wilds of the north.

It had been as wonderful as both of them could have ever imagined.

Which made Sable’s question something of the truth. Cassius couldn’t go for more than an hour without seeing his wife if he could help it, and she felt the same. They were eager lovers, deeply devoted to one another, and he went to her and kissed her on the top of the head as she sat in her cushioned chair.

“Y-You know I cannot stand to be parted from you, in any case,” he said. Cassius had been born with a slight catch in his speech, something he’d worked very hard to be rid of.

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