Chapter 185: The end of a season.
For starters, the heroine, Lady Somerset’s entire family had just been beheaded by the king because Duke Somerset’s popularity with the commoners had stirred suspicion and jealousy. She had barely escaped the city with her life.
Lady Blanche had successfully given birth to her brothers baby, a boy. Her husband was a proud father unaware that the child was not his. He had also not seen Blanche and her brother holding hands and smiling intimately behind his back but the prince’s legal wife, the crown princess had seen it.
An unfamiliar woman with eyes that blazed with fire had risen out of a lake and said Blanche’s name.
"I have so many questions.’ Roland said. He covered his mouth with both hands and shook his head. His eyes were widened in disbelief.
"And I have zero answers." Sigrid lied.
"The king killed the Somersets Sigrid, he killed all of them...well, most but still, I cannot believe that he killed them. The duke was a respected man and his head was tossed into the crowd to play with as a ball. Goodness!!! Is anybody safe in this kingdom of Canterbury?"
"No." Sigrid answered.
"Who is that woman, the one with fire in her eyes? Is she a new witch? Is she good or bad? Is she Blanche’s friend or foe?"
He fired off many questions without giving her a chance to reply. It got Sigrid thinking that he was no different from her mother because she was sure to be asking Elowin these same questions. If they had mobile phones, she was sure that her mother would be on the phone complaining about the ending, sharing her opinions and asking questions.