Standing before an army so large it filled the valley below, Daniel clasped his hands behind his back and strolled down the cobblestone path with Rosemary by his side. The stoic soldiers stood stone-faced as the King inspected his troops.
Glancing over his shoulder at his family waiting on the hill behind him, Daniel smiled as the sun parted the clouds and shined down over them. Their faces were still quite fuzzy, but so real that he could almost reach out and touch them.
As the morning light reached
Peeking around the midwife’s door, Daniel smiled at Rosemary as she turned her head on the white, down pillow to face him. “May I come in?”Motioning with her hand, Rosemary nodded with her sweet face. “Please. She was just starting.”Daniel sat down in the chair beside the bed Rosemary laid on then p
The afternoon sun graced every inch of Rosemary as she stood in the light of the open doorway in front of the full-length mirror. Her fiery, auburn hair blazed like Daniel’s fires as the breeze carried her wavy locks on the air. “A vision. That’s what you are.” Nicholas leaned against the doorway as he watched the women work on Rosemary’s hair. As they braided back the sides of her hair, it was gathered loosely in the back.With her mother’s crown in his hand, Nicho
“You’re so beautiful.” Pushing his robes to the floor as he walked to Rosemary, Daniel’s heart raced and his whole body hummed as he looked over his wife. He’d imagined this night every time he closed his eyes to sleep and having her in front of him finally like this was all he ever really wanted.No kingdom would ever be as great as what his eyes gazed upon tonight. Pulling off his shirt, Daniel l
"It'snearly time, isn'tit?" Agamori narrowed his eyes at the men training before them then glanced to Daniel. "You are aware that the moon is full tonight, aren't you?"Wrinkling his nose at the question, Daniel looked at Agamori and shrugged. "What does that have to do with anything?"Agamori twisted his lips and shook his head with his arrogant scowl never far behind his disapproving expression. "It'sas if you've learned nothing at all since you've come, Daniel. When we finally do take the castle, you need to spend more time learning the old texts. You are a warrior, without a doubt, but youknowso little about the religion.It'sa tragedy, really.""Tragedy?" Daniel chuckled to himself. "I'm a fighter, that's what I need to learn now. I can't read the langua
“They outnumber us three to one, Daniel. Perhaps, we should think of a different plan.” Agamori spoke softly as he peered from behind the tree.A huff shot from Daniel’s throat as he drew up his face at the silliness of such an idea. “No, it will work.”Agi squinted his eyes and took another look. “It’s my job to tell you when the odds are not in your favor.”
The faint vibration in Daniel’s fingers and toes moved swiftly through his body until the click-click of horse hooves on the cobblestone path and the Sentry’s alarm reached his ears. “Her Majesty’s approaching.”A flutter in Daniel’s chest wiggled its way up to his throat and no matter how he tried to swallow it down, the nervous rush overwhelmed him. Six long months had passed since he’d taken his kingdom and the castle was finally worthy enough for his family to join him.
The whole dining hall was awash in the scent of the smokey, stone fireplace and the week’s worth of food set before them in honor of Rosemary and Sigrid’s arrival. Daniel’s eyes were bathed in the light of the fire as he held Sigrid on his lap and she slapped joyfully at the table before her while her uncles and cousins took their turns entertaining her with their silly faces. Always a hero to Rosemary, she rested her chin on her hand and gazed at the warm amber and gold that flicke
“Riders approaching.” The soles of the Sentry’s leather boots were thick with mud already, and stepping out of his shack to greet the two men climbing down from their horses wasn’t making them any cleaner.He lifted his chin to the man with long, sun-bleached hair and threw out his hand to shake. “It’s been a long time, Your Highness.”With his helmet in his hand, Eason gave his other to the Sentry and shook his head with a smirk. “I just go by Eason these days.” His brown eyes rolled to the man coming to his side as he tipped his head to him. “My friend and I are looking for lodging and work if you have it.”The blue-eyed stranger gave his hand to the Sentry and nodded his head once. “Good to meet you.”With Sigrid’s chubby palm slapping Daniel’s lips as he tried to answer the library guardian, it took a few tries to get the door to open. “Rosema