Seven
Bodden
Summer 960 MC
Dame Beverly Fitzwilliam stood on the top of Bodden Keep surveying the countryside. It was good to be home, but she knew she wouldn't be staying long. She heard a noise behind her and turned to see Celia Blackburn, one of the newest Knights of the Hound, approaching.
"You're wanted, Dame Beverly, we're to meet in-"
"The map room," the knight completed.
The blond knight looked at her quizzically, "How did you know that?"
"My father loves the map room. It's the only place he holds meetings."
Celia moved up beside her, looking down over the walls of Bodden. "I see your father has catapults," she said.
"Yes, after the last siege he decided he'd had enough of being on the receiving end. We added two of them to the gatehouse defenses."
"Does he really expect
