Food and alcohol was brought in and the men feasted on it as they recounted tales of the raid. Alice could do nothing but watch what was going on around her as the atmosphere grew increasingly noisy and boisterous. The relief of escaping the wedding was tempered by the concern of what was going to happen to her. At first it appeared she’d been forgotten about as an hour or so passed without anyone taking any notice of her.
Alice kept her eyes on the leader of the knights and wondered if she’d done the right thing. The desperation to get out of the wedding pushed her to the reckless act and when she finally saw the handsome man look in her direction, she held her breath. The fear rose, but there was more to it. She remembered the touch on her butt as she was dragged across the horse and wa
