Annandale, Scotland—November 26, 1375.
Annandale, Scotland—November 26, 1375.Captive, again.
It was thoroughly vexing.
To Elizabeth’s thinking, she had endured more than her share of men and their earthly demands. If this grim pair of warriors, who had seized her from Kilderrick against her will, believed that she would cede readily to any demands, she would compel them to reconsider the matter. She would take a lesson from Alys Armstrong, who had granted her shelter for the better part of a year, and surrender only what she wished to give.
These two would have nothing, even if the price of defiance was her life.
Enough.
Elizabeth ached from head to toe; she was soaked to the skin, chilled to her marrow, hungry and uncomfortable. Only anger—and the inspiration of Alys—kept her from y
