Wed?
Did the Templars accept madmen into their service?
Ysmaine hastened after the knight who had shown her such kindness, noting that he neither slowed his pace nor apparently doubted that she would pursue him. He moved quickly, despite that limp.
“You cannot mean to do as much,” she protested when she was just behind him again. He turned, placing his hand beneath her elbow again and guiding her beside him. His grace and his manners were admirable, even if his notions were odd.
“Why ever not?”
“You wear the insignia of the Templars, an order of warrior monks. Surely that means you are pledged to poverty, chastity, and obedience?”
“My days as a Templar knight have come to an end,” he said, his tone matter-of-fact. “My older brother has died, leaving me heir to our family holding.” Sh
