The Iron Warrior Returns (The Legendary Warriors, Book 1) (Mills & Boon Historical) by Michelle Willingham

Author:Michelle Willingham [Willingham, Michelle]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Published: 2022-04-28T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Seven

It had been two days since her father had locked her in her chamber. Alfred wouldn’t say why, but Gwendoline was furious at his behaviour. One moment she’d been deciding upon a possible husband, and the next, he’d sent all the suitors away and had confined her to her room. The competition had ended without a winner. Why? She’d done nothing to deserve this.

Morwenna had gone missing, and something was very wrong. When Gwen had questioned the servants who brought her food, they had only shaken their heads.

No one else came to see her. It was infuriating, and she’d spent most of her hours stabbing her embroidery and imagining ways to escape. Although there had once been a secret passage leading from her room, her father had sealed it, and there was no way out except through her door. She’d thought Piers would help her, but he’d gone missing. He’d only spoken to her once, but she’d worried that he would be caught and had sent him away.

But not before he’d slid a ribbon beneath the door. The ribbon she’d lost that night...

Her face flushed at the memory.

But tonight, when it was time for her evening meal, the door swung open, and she saw a familiar face.

‘Piers,’ she breathed. He had disguised himself as one of the guards, but she would recognise him anywhere.

He closed the door, and she started to run to him before she stopped herself. She had no right to embrace him, no matter that she found him handsome and was grateful for his rescue.

But despite her hesitation, Piers set down the food and pulled her into his arms, holding her tight. For a moment, she clung to him, savouring the forbidden affection.

Colour flooded her cheeks, but she calmed herself and asked, ‘What’s happening? Why am I being held prisoner by my father?’

His expression turned stony, and she didn’t know what that meant. Then he said, ‘Your father doesn’t want you to know that he took Morwenna prisoner. She was not...who you thought she was.’

‘She’s the miller’s daughter,’ Gwendoline admitted. ‘I’ve known that for a few days now.’ Piers appeared startled that she was aware of it, but one of the maids had told her. It made sense why Morwenna had always seemed uncertain of herself.

‘Were you the one who told the earl?’

She shook her head. ‘No, in truth, I like Morwenna. And even if she is a serf, what of it? Does she not deserve the chance to wed a good man? Why should the circumstances of her birth affect her future?’

An unspoken emotion flashed over Piers’s face before he masked it. He took her hands in his and asked, ‘Do you want to help her?’

She smiled at that. ‘Of course, I do.’

‘We’ll need a horse,’ he said. ‘Can you make the arrangements?’

‘I don’t...think I can. I’m supposed to be a prisoner, remember?’

He uttered a low curse, but then thought a moment. ‘Did Morwenna leave any of her belongings here? She had some of her brother’s older clothes.

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