Without Me

Worth Fighting For:

England, 1192

…He kissed her. “You’re not just adorable. You’re amazing.” He stopped, sobering. “I already started the rumor that I took you, Alana. That’s not going to settle well with our request.”

“You said I was living with you.”

He winced. “I may have given you the short version of what I told my men.”

“Oh, John…” She sighed. “All right, well it’s just a rumor, and we have Father Ben and Matthew as witness, and obviously I’m not going to accuse you of,” she hesitated, “well, rape.” She shook her head. “The tournament is only a month away. I’ll go with you and everyone will see that I’m clearly not being forced, so it’s fine, right?”

“With time, yes. But are you sure you want to expose yourself to that?”

“You did say that we would show them all that we were together.”

And he’d gladly do that. “But I also said that we’d do that once it was safe.”

She laughed, but without humor. “You have to be jesting. You are not about to go without me.”…

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