The Light of Lythara (Knights of Passion, #4) by Ash Gray

Author:Ash Gray
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: lesbian romance, lesbian harem romance, reverse harem romance, lesfic, lesfic romance, lesfic fantasy, lesbian protagonist, femme and butch, butch knights
Publisher: Ash Gray
Published: 2022-05-27T00:00:00+00:00

CALAIN WASN’T SURPRISED her father’s farm hadn’t been raided by bandits. No one was foolish enough to harm the father of a Falcon Knight, and the symbol of the falcon had been carved on her father’s house as a warning. Because of that symbol, Arthur and Siobhan had lived here safe for eighteen years.

Calain’s father invited her inside, and he bid Siobhan to bring some of his old clothes for Calain to wear, so that his daughter could stop traveling about in her smallclothes. Siobhan gladly obeyed, bringing Calain a tunic and trousers, which Calain gladly put on. Then she and her father sat together beside the fire, while Siobhan went out to the barn to tend the one horse and cow on the property.

“My girl,” said Arthur proudly as he watched Calain eagerly devour the stew Siobhan had brought her. “My girl is a Knight of Falcon. And so big and strong! No one could best you! Not even the Rose Guard!”

Calain looked up in surprise. “Art thou not ashamed of me? I slew the queen. I am a traitor to the realm.”

“You acted in your lady’s defense,” said Arthur seriously. “You betrayed no one.”

Calain stared darkly into the fire. “It wasn’t worth giving up my life for her. The lady wasn’t true.”

Arthur frowned. “I hope you slew the one you caught her with,” he scolded, as if he suspected she had not.

“I did not catch her in the act of betrayal,” Calain admitted.

Arthur’s frown deepened. “Then how dost thou know she hath betrayed you?”

“I felt it in my heart,” Calain said, feeling foolish under her father’s disbelieving gaze.

“So let me get this straight,” said Arthur slowly. “You abandoned your lady because you suspect she hath betrayed you?” He scoffed. “Do the young people not believe in talking any longer? Have your brains rotted from wine?”

Calain stared at her stew. She didn’t have to explain about the Binding. Her father knew about it. She had written to him about her training in many letters, and because her father could not read or write, Siobhan had read them to him. He had shown Calain the letters as soon as she’d entered the house, and tears had filled her eyes because she had spent years believing the old man dead. Her father had never answered because Siobhan could read but could not write.

“So a little magick spell made you suspect something,” went on her father, speaking of the Binding, “and just like that, you betrayed your vows?”

Calain didn’t want to admit it, but her father had a point. It didn’t even occur to her to speak with Zelda first. She had simply jumped to conclusions and left Zelda’s service. But perhaps Zelda hadn’t lain with Melvalda without reason. Calain blinked as she considered it.

Seeing that he had reached Calain, Arthur wearily shook his head and muttered, “I suppose it could have been worse: the gods could have given me sons.”

Calain smiled.

“Now finish your stew,” went on her father, “and then you say your farewells to Siobhan, and you march back out there and find your lady.

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