CHAPTER 10
Knots of people formed and reformed as everyone paced the Great Hall, the chambers and castle corridors, anxiously discussing Guinevere’s plight. Expressing concern over Callie’s obvious distress, El had dragged her and the others down to the flower-filled courtyard. Now they slumped on stone benches, lulled by the warm sun and the sonorous buzzing of foraging bees. Only Callie could not sit still. Knowing that the queen’s plan to seduce Lancelot must surely succeed, she could hardly contain her anguish.
‘I thought I could make Lancelot love me enough to forget about the queen. I really thought I could change the fate of Camelot.’ She swiped a hand across her eyes, but the tears continued to fall.
‘So what happened after Lancelot found you in the Sacred Grove?’ El asked, as s
