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00:03stop i said stop i'm old enough to be your mother you inseparable then teach me my lady
00:11he pins my wrists above my head with one hand my own rosary beads tangled between his fingers and
00:16mine and tilts my chin up with the other forcing me to look at him 25 years old jaw carved
00:23from
00:23marble eyes dark with fever and want want for me a woman of 49 with aching knees and gray at
00:30her
00:30temples his pace is relentless i hate you i'm not stopping until you scream i scream three times
00:48i am the dowager countess of everwood i came to rescue my granddaughter from an abduction
00:54instead i ran headlong into the lord protector of the realm drugged out of his mind and burning
00:59alive with poison he pinned me down one catastrophic night later me the lord protector in my previous
01:07life my granddaughter eleanor was violated before her wedding after the marriage her husband bled
01:12her dry funneled her entire dowry into his debts and made her raise his mistress's baspert as her
01:18in the end she was sent to a condent she spent the rest of her days behind those cold stone
01:23walls
01:24watching the man who destroyed her live a respectable life with another woman raising children that should
01:29have been hers no one came to visit no one came to mourn when she died then i wake up
01:35and i'm back
01:36back to the weeks before eleanor's wedding i can't stand by and watch history repeat itself
01:42my legs ache they always ache but i grab my walking stack and in the dead of night i climb
01:47the
01:47stone steps up the hill to the abbey eleanor i'm here my child i won't let that beast lay a
01:54finger
01:54on you i remember it clearly last time eleanor went to saint andrew's abbey for mass and the lord
02:00protector's wretched attendant snatched her dragged her to his master's chambers and threw her to him
02:05like medicine for a fever except i'm early the attendant hasn't taken eleanor yet i'm the one the
02:12lord protector catches instead god have mercy i lost my husband at 30 nearly 20 years without a man's
02:23touch and now a boy barely past 25 has his arms locked around me like a vice i grip my
02:28walking
02:28stick un unhand me i am the dowage countess of everwood let go of me this instant i'm old enough
02:37to be your
02:37grandmother in rank roland of leon heart the lord protector of the realm forged in military campaigns
02:44built like a battering ram efface all hard angles and sharp authority he commands the kingdom's armies
02:50controls the privy council holds more power than any man alive my words don't make him let go
02:56they make him tip my chin up with his fingers and seal his mouth over mine
03:02what are you murmuring about the scent on you it's calming makes me feel safe of course it does
03:09years of kneeling in chapel have soaked frankincense into my very skin the rest is parchment and iron
03:14gold ink from copying scripture naturally calming but that is not the point the point is my name day
03:20is next month and i will be 50 years old i probably smell like dust and old lavender sachets and
03:26he's still
03:27kissing me blessed virgin how long has this man been starved let go of me my walking stick clatters
03:35onto the stone floor but what chance does a woman pushing 50 have against a young man built like a
03:40warhorse he scoops me up with one arm and sets me on the oak table a heartbeat later my flaying
03:48hands are
03:48combined with my own rosary be good give yourself to me i'll take responsibility holy mother of god
03:57that makes it worse if he takes responsibility how do i explain this to henry dead 20 years
04:04to my 32 year old son to my 16 year old grandson and 15 year old granddaughter
04:09what am i supposed to say children grandmother found you a new grandfather he's 25
04:18i'd rather you just killed me my little witch that can be arranged he rips the lacing clean off my
04:25kirtle strips of linen chemise fly everywhere and i i lose my mind that's not what i meant
04:31so a woman of nearly 50 ravished by the lord protector of the realm all night long thank god i've
04:38taken care of
04:39myself to zanz hippocrats regular walks up the hill to the abbey for massachusetts decades of
04:44discipline otherwise he truly would have killed me somewhere around midnight a knock sounds at the
04:51door your grace the girl's here to help you break the fever what he hears in response is not
04:56conversation the sounds coming from inside that room are deeply profoundly improper roland doesn't
05:02stop doesn't even slow down just turns his head and snars get out ah your grace already has
05:08company i'll return the young lady at once
05:15save me roland clamps a hand over my mouth don't scream i'll have you begging soon enough
05:22he is formidable more formidable than henry was on our wedding night 34 years ago
05:28and henry had been a young man then we married at 16
05:32by 25 henry was already flagging by 30 he left me all together went to meet his maker
05:38this kind of vigor i've only ever read about it in those courtly romances
05:43lancelot tristan none of them hold a candle the pleasure is like nothing
05:54that night we are utterly shameless the rosary snaps beads scatter across the linen sheets clicking
06:01softly catching the firelight that rosary my most treasured possession blessed by father benedict's
06:08own hand i used it every single day in prayer at first i can't fight him later i don't want
06:14to
06:15it is magnificent i never imagined not at my age with one foot already in the grave that i could
06:21feel
06:21something like this but beneath the bliss a cold thread of worry coils in my chest this man controls
06:28the kingdom the everwoods are respectable yes but we are no great house if roland decides to destroy us
06:35it takes nothing more than a stroke of his pen i can't drag my family into this so when he
06:40finally
06:41falls asleep i peel myself free of his arms and slip away the damage he's done to my body is
06:46considerable i can barely stand my walking stick trembles against the flagstones with every step
06:53the stone stairs down the hillside are a special kind of torture my legs buckle my hips scream the
06:59stick skids on the steps three separate times and each time i nearly pitch forward into empty air
07:05somehow somehow i make it to the bottom agnes my lady's maid waits by the carriage
07:11milady lady eleanor was returned safely i've been waiting ages you look dreadful did something happen
07:17eleanor is safe i let out a breath i didn't know i was holding agnes is still staring at me
07:22i wave her off nothing happened i dozed off in the guest quarters that's all lost track of time
07:29eleanor's safe that's what matters take me home in the carriage i clench my hands together close my
07:35eyes and pray holy mary have mercy on me holy mary have mercy on me let no one ever learn
07:43of this
07:44not in this life not ever but my mind won't cooperate it keeps replaying his face the breadth of his
07:52shoulders the relentless way he moved henry i tried to summon henry's face my husband we were
07:59betrothed as children married at 16 parted by death at 30 i never remarried nearly 20 years i swore at
08:07his
08:07coffin that no man would ever touch me again 20 years i kept that vow i thought henry would be
08:13the
08:13only man i'd ever have and now practically in my grave 20 years of faithfulness shattered in a single night
08:22henry god rest your soul i'm so sorry back at the manor i ordered the servants to fill the wooden
08:27tub
08:27with hot water in my bedchamber no one stays in the room i want to scrub this night off my
08:33skin
08:33if i scrub hard enough maybe it never happened but the marks on my body tell a different story
08:39they're everywhere vivid proof of just how vigorous he was at my age nearly 50 years old
08:46handled like that heat crawls up my neck my cheeks burn margaret everwood shame on you
08:53you're practically ancient stop thinking about it that night i dream of henry margaret you swore on
09:01my coffin you said there'd be no other man you said we'd be buried together in the family crypt
09:07i've been waiting for you in heaven for 20 years you won't come down fine but you found yourself a
09:1225 year old lover i'm sorry i'm sorry henry i didn't mean to break my vow he was too strong
09:18i was forced i swear then roland appears out of nowhere wraps an arm around my waist and pulls me
09:26upright before i can bow again he kicks henry square in the chest henry vanishes you're a dead man
09:32the living are none of your concern then roland covers my ears with his palms gently like i'm
09:38something fragile ignore that old ghost everything he said is nonsense you deserve the finest man in
09:44the world i stare up at him the finest man in the world the finest man in the world
09:55shameless absolutely shameless i love it when i'm shameless he kisses me
10:01i wake drenched in sweat burning up it's barely spring there's no reason for this heat
10:09agonist draw a bath now the marks roll and left on my neck are impossible to hide
10:14i lock myself in my chambers for days waiting for them to fade the official story well i caught a
10:20chill
10:20climbing to the abbey and came down with a fever eleanor is a good girl even when i refuse visitors
10:26she comes to the door of my private chapel every morning to ask after me days pass
10:31melody lady eleanor came to see you again at first light
10:35shall i still turn her away i glance at the window pale light quiet grounds no strangers at the gate
10:43no one has come looking for me maybe it's over let her in tell her i'm much better agnes beams
10:50right away a moment later eleanor bursts through the door and throws herself around my legs
10:59grandmother you're finally seeing me i thought i thought you were angry because i snuck out that
11:04day and you had to come all the way up the mountain to find me i'm so sorry it was
11:08my fault i nearly got
11:10taken by those awful men if you hadn't come for me
11:14jeffrey would have been so upset jeffrey montfort eleanor's betrothed since childhood
11:20heir to the montfort duchy a young knight who just earned his spurs before the king last year
11:25the kind of man who rides off to the northern front the morning after his wedding
11:29leaving eleanor alone to manage a crumbling estate while he keeps a mistress across the border
11:35gets her pregnant and the worst part the entire montfort household knows
11:40they blame eleanor for failing to produce an heir then force her to raise the bastard under the
11:45polite fiction of award eleanor pours her dowry into the duchy's debts she raises her husband's
11:51illegitimate child with patience and grace she waits seven years when jeffrey finally returns from
11:56the wars the first thing he does is petition the ecclesiastical court for an annulment citing
12:01consanguinity some threat of distant cousinship so he can marry his mistress and in open court he
12:08announces that the child eleanor raised as her own is his bastard always was by then everwoods are
12:15nothing our influence has withered our halls stand empty and not a single soul bothers to pay a
12:20courtesy call eleanor has no protector she can't fight a man riding the crest of military glory
12:26she endures it in silence then she collapses no one visits no one sends for a physician she lies
12:33alone in an empty room and closes her eyes for the last time and i her grandmother live long enough
12:39to watch her buried every time i think about jeffrey kneeling at the altar playing the pious knight
12:44when he was calculating how to strip a spare from the very beginning every vow he made before god
12:49a lie my hands shake so badly i want to wrap them around his throat but the eleanor standing before
12:54me right now doesn't know any of this she doesn't know her betrothed is a devil wearing a saint's mask
13:00i can't tell her not yet so i take her hands and smile ellie you're still so young and you're
13:10my only
13:11granddaughter i can't bear to let you go just yet stay with me a little longer two more years can
13:19you do
13:19that two more years just two years here's what i know from the last life the montforts are drowning
13:26that's why jeffrey pushes for the wedding once eleanor arrives with her dowry he's free to ride
13:32north and chase glory if i delay the marriage by two years the montforts won't last six months
13:37their rot will show through for the whole world to see let's see them come knocking on our door then
13:44eleanor blushes and nods sweet as ever
13:48i want to stay with you too if you hadn't come for me that night i don't know what would
13:52have happened
13:54dear grandmother you saved my life i'll do whatever you say i'll write to jeffrey right
13:59now and tell him the wedding is postponed
14:05my dear girl i haven't loved you for nothing as long as eleanor never sets foot in that den of
14:11wolves
14:11she'll never suffer what she suffered before and if that nest of vipers goes bankrupt in the meantime
14:17that's not our problem my son thomas and his wife catherine are thrilled when they hear the news
14:23they come to see me together that evening
14:27mother did you hear something everyone's whispering that the montforts are practically ruined
14:32the old duke's war reputation is the only thing keeping up appearances
14:37their estate income can't even cover household expenses
14:41apparently the servants haven't received their wages or livery allowances in months
14:45and the pantry's nearly bare
14:47eleanor is my only daughter i won't watch her suffer
14:52this is perfect timing mother
14:54give it a couple of years once eleanor's gotten over her stubbornness
14:57we'll find her a family that actually deserves her
14:59she can stay right here by your side wouldn't that be better
15:02seeing them both on my side warms my old bones more than any fire
15:09good i'm glad we're all in agreement
15:11henry and i only had thomas i adored him from the day he drew breath
15:15when his father died thomas was 12 i raised him alone
15:19his wife catherine is a distant relation of mine a merchant's daughter yes
15:23but from a wealthy house in the previous life catherine and i nearly bankrupted ourselves for eleanor
15:28my dower catherine's remaining dowry funds
15:31we poured everything we had into keeping that girl afloat in the montford household
15:35that's the real reason the everwoods fell so fast
15:37this time we will not let those leeches bleed us dry
15:40i keep eleanor close
15:42every morning she comes to my private chapel to copy the book of hours with me and join in lots
15:47i also order the servants to intercept every piece of correspondence between eleanor and jeffrey
15:52every letter
15:53no exceptions
15:54my eleanor is a proper nobleman's daughter raised with impeccable manners
15:59she would never sneak around behind my back to meet a man
16:03and without anyone to carry his honeyed words for him
16:05how exactly does jeffrey plan to manipulate my granddaughter
16:08what i don't expect is for jeffrey to show up in person
16:12not even a fortnight later
16:16milade
16:18sir jeffrey of montfield is at the gate
16:21he says he's here to call on you and lady eleanor
16:24thomas has taken catherine to visit her family
16:27it's just eleanor and me at the manor
16:29my fingers go still on the rosary
16:32turn him away
16:34he's
16:34not alone milady
16:36the lord protector is with him
16:39roland of leon heart
16:41every drop of blood drains from my face
16:43the rosary beads rattle between my trembling fingers
16:47he
16:48he
16:49why is he here
16:50that night
16:51in my panic
16:52i blurted out who i was
16:53my name
16:54my title
16:55has he come to settle the score
16:56milade
16:57the lord protector is the late king's youngest brother
16:59and his majesty's own uncle
17:00the entire kingdom answers to him
17:02and they say he's merciless with those who cross him
17:04not a man anyone can afford to offend
17:06as if i don't already know
17:08i got a very thorough demonstration of his intensity that night
17:11i force myself to breathe
17:13think
17:14margaret
17:15he was poisoned that night
17:17delirious
17:18out of his mind
17:19he might not remember an old woman's face
17:22prepare hippoprash
17:24show the lord protector and sir jeffrey to the great hall
17:27in the great hall
17:28i have the servants position an embroidered screen behind the dais
17:31i sit behind it
17:33rosary in hand
17:34and nod for agnes to pour the wine
17:36i have been widowed many years
17:38and do not receive visitors in person
17:40i beg your grace's forgiveness
17:42my late husband henry was the earl of everwood
17:44a man who fought beside the late king
17:46and earned his honors on the battlefield
17:48no one can expect a dowager countess past 50
17:51still recovering from illness
17:52to drag herself out in curtsy
17:54before a man young enough to be her son
17:57no need to apologize
17:59sir jeffrey and i arrived uninvited
18:04i frown behind the screen
18:06forgive my bluntness your grace
18:09to what do we owe this visit
18:11jeffrey opens his mouth
18:13but before a word comes out
18:15eleanor's voice rings from the doorway
18:19jeffrey
18:20what are you doing here
18:24eleanor
18:25thank god you're all right
18:26i've written to you every day
18:28you never replied
18:29i was worried something had happened
18:30letters
18:32what letters
18:33grandmother hasn't been well
18:35she asked me to stay by her side
18:37the servants must have forgotten to deliver them
18:39i'll look into it
18:40then her gaze drifts to the man seated beside jeffrey
18:43and this gentleman is
18:47eleanor
18:48mind your manners
18:49this is his grace
18:50the lord protector
18:52your grace
18:53please forgive my rudeness
18:55roland says nothing
18:56a slight nod
18:57nothing more
18:57his gaze doesn't linger on her
18:59but my hands are clenched so tight around the rosary
19:02that the beads bite into my palms
19:03in the last life
19:04it was roland who ruined eleanor
19:05eleanor's eyes
19:06she looks like me
19:07please
19:08god
19:08please don't let him see the resemblance
19:10my mind is spiraling when roland's voice cuts through
19:13where was this young lady
19:14did she by any chance visit
19:15epith st andrew's abbey outside the city
19:18that single question squeezes my chest like a fist
19:23eleanor is innocent
19:24but she's not stupid
19:25she knows what happened that night
19:27the ambush
19:28the men who knocked her unconscious
19:29how close she came to being dragged away
19:31no your grace
19:33two weeks ago i was here at home
19:35keeping grandmother company
19:38i didn't go anywhere
19:40that's right
19:41eleanor is a devoted girl
19:43she knows this old woman gets lonely
19:45so she stays close
19:46now sir jeffrey
19:48while you're here there's a matter i'd like to discuss
19:51eleanor is not in good health
19:53i've had a physician examine her
19:55and he says she needs at least two or three more years of rest
19:57before she should even think about marriage
19:59the wedding will be postponed
20:01no
20:02eleanor blinks
20:03she's never heard him use that tone
20:05not once
20:06he's always played the gentle knight in her presence
20:09soft voice
20:10kind eyes
20:11courtly bows
20:11jeffrey
20:13why not
20:14grandmother is looking out for us
20:15why would you speak to her like that
20:17forgive me eleanor
20:19i love you so much
20:20i just want to stand with you at the altar as soon as possible
20:23two or three more years
20:25i don't know if i can bear the weight
20:28eleanor's health comes before everything
20:31if sir jeffrey finds the weight unaborable
20:33perhaps it would be best to dissolve the betrothal altogether
20:36and seek a more suitable match
20:38my lady you misunderstand
20:40that's not what i meant at all
20:41it's just
20:42it's
20:42it's just
20:45just what
20:46just that the montfeiards are hemorrhaging money
20:51and you need my granddaughter's dowry to plug the holes
21:01grandmother
21:02i catch agnes's eye
21:04agnes takes eleanor's arm and shakes her head gently
21:06not now
21:07eleanor doesn't understand
21:09but she obeys
21:10steps back
21:11stays quiet
21:12good girl
21:13my ellie
21:14every ounce of effort i've poured into protecting you
21:17worth it
21:18jeffrey stares at me through the screen
21:20jaw clenched
21:21knuckles white
21:22i can practically hear the gears grinding behind his eyes
21:25i stare right back
21:26this is the man who destroyed my granddaughter in another life
21:30i have nothing to say to him that isn't laced with venom
21:33sir jeffrey i believe i've made myself clear
21:35you know the state of the montfield house better than anyone
21:38i shouldn't need to spell it out
21:41elena is the most precious thing the everwood family has
21:45her parents and i will not send her somewhere she'll suffer
21:48if you truly love her i'll give you three years
21:51restore the montfield name
21:53prove you can provide for her
21:55fail
21:56and this betrothal is finished
21:58do you have the nerve to take that wager
22:00i almost laugh out loud
22:02three years
22:03he won't last one
22:05without everwood money propping them up
22:07the entire montford estate will be begging for scraps within months
22:10the blow lands
22:12jeffrey sways on his feet like i've struck him across the face
22:19my lady
22:20is that really what you think of me
22:24a man of no worth
22:25yes
22:26i figured that out a lifetime ago
22:28you're nothing but a leech that latched onto my family and sucked us dry
22:32and those so-called battlefield glories of yours
22:34compared to my grandsons
22:36they're not worth the breath it takes to speak of them
22:39in the last life
22:41catherine and i bled ourselves white for eleanor
22:43my dower
22:45catherine's remaining dowry
22:46we poured it all into keeping that girl alive inside the montford household
22:50my grandson william
22:51the sole heir to the everwood name
22:53never complained
22:54not once
22:55he even rode north to the border wars
22:58trying to rebuild our family's honor with his own sword arm
23:00and that wretch jeffrey stole it from him
23:03jeffrey was william's second in command
23:05in the decisive battle
23:06when everything hung in the balance
23:08jeffrey abandoned his commander
23:10gathered the survivors and retreated
23:12when word came that william had fallen
23:14jeffrey claimed the victory as his own
23:16wrapped himself in stolen glory and rode home a hero
23:19meanwhile my grandson
23:21given up for dead
23:22with no one coming to find him
23:24led a few hundred household cavalry deep behind enemy lines
23:27struck the enemy camp
23:28and recaptured the lost territory
23:30a feat worthy of the chronicles
23:32but by the time william returned and the truth came out
23:35his sister was already in the ground
23:37she never lived to see the everwood name mean something again
23:41this time i've laid the groundwork years in advance
23:44i'd like to see jeffrey try to steal my grandson's glory now
23:47the longer i look at jeffrey
23:49the more my stomach turns
23:50and with roland sitting right there
23:52i have no patience for drawn out games
23:54enough
23:56i've said what i came to say
23:58the everwood family's position should be perfectly clear to you now sir jeffrey
24:02if you refuse these terms i'll petition the king myself
24:06my late husband was a knight banneret
24:08sworn and belted by the late king's own hand
24:10i trust his majesty will grant me the courtesy of dissolving this betrothal
24:15jeffrey's genteel facade shatters
24:17eleanor and i are in love
24:20you meddling old crone you tear us apart
24:23eleanor's head snaps toward him
24:25her eyes blaze
24:26jeffrey montfeld
24:28what did you just call my grandmother
24:32eleanor can't you see
24:34your grandmother is deliberately sabotaging us
24:36she doesn't want you to marry me
24:38eleanor's voice shakes
24:40angry tears spill over
24:43she's thinking about our future
24:45she's pushing you to be better
24:46why can't you just
24:47why won't you listen
24:48so you look down on us too
24:50because the montfelds have fallen on hard times
24:53this betrothal was sealed by your grandfather and mine while they still lived
24:57and now the everwoods break their word like it means nothing
25:00is this the honor of your house
25:02i'm trembling with rage behind the screen
25:05if he hadn't schemed against us first
25:07the everwoods would never have needed to break anything
25:09then from the far side of the hall
25:12where roland has been leaning back in his chair
25:14drinking hippocrats as if watching a mildly entertaining tournament
25:18enough
25:19lady everfield is the widow of a war hero
25:22she holds the late king's personal writ of protection
25:25she is your grandfather's peer
25:26and you dare speak to her this way
25:29i'd like to know how old duke montford raised his eads
25:32if he couldn't manage the job i'm happy to finish it for him
25:35the everwoods i'll admit have no one fearsome in this generation
25:40my thomas god love him is an honest man with a minor court appointment and none of his father's fire
25:45william eleanor's brother holds no title yet
25:48no office
25:49offend us
25:51and the consequences are manageable
25:53but roland
25:54the late king's youngest brother
25:56uncle to the boy on the throne
25:57the man whose frown makes the entire king's council hold its breath
26:01that's a different calculation entirely
26:04your grace forgive me
26:06i spoke in haste
26:08i forgot myself
26:10i accept lady everwood's terms
26:12i'll ride to the northern marges
26:14in three years i'll prove my worth on the battlefield
26:17and return to seek lady eleanor's hand
26:19before you leave report to my marshal
26:22twenty straptures
26:23the air leaves the room
26:25everyone knows what that means for a knight
26:27twenty lashes is not pain
26:30twenty lashes is humiliation
26:32then roland's gaze lifts
26:34and even through the embroidered screen
26:35i feel it land directly on my face
26:37does that satisfy you my lady
26:39satisfy me
26:41i could weep with joy
26:43if he could simply whip the cur to death
26:45i'd save myself years of trouble
26:47your grace
26:47i defer entirely to your judgment
26:50the screen still stands between us
26:52roland can't see my face clearly
26:54that's my only comfort
26:56i plead fatigue and rise to leave
26:58your grace
26:59i am old
27:00and only recently recovered from illness
27:02i cannot sit much longer
27:03i'll retire to my chambers
27:06eleanor
27:06see our guests out
27:07yes grandmother
27:08but roland turns to jeffrey first
27:11you
27:12leave
27:12jeffrey's jaw tightens
27:14he wants to argue
27:15anyone can see it
27:16but he doesn't dare defy
27:17the lord protector to his face
27:19he forces a stiff bow
27:21i take my leave
27:22and storms out
27:24eleanor watches him go
27:25then turns back to roland with wide
27:27your grace
27:28it's getting late
27:29aren't you heading back as well
27:31roland's entire demeanor shifts
27:33where jeffrey received cold steel
27:35eleanor gets warmth
27:36he even winks at her
27:38my lady
27:39it is getting late
27:40i'm rather tired
27:41i was hoping to stay the night at everwood manor
27:44if you'd be willing to take me in
27:46my blood goes cold
27:48in the last life
27:49roland was the one who violated eleanor
27:51this time it was me instead
27:52but eleanor is sweet
27:54lovely
27:54young
27:55what's to stop him from developing
27:57ideas
27:57your grace
27:58there are only two women in this house
27:59and no male head of household present
28:01an unmarried man staying the night would be
28:03improper
28:04and if i insist
28:06what can i say to that
28:07i'm a powerless widow
28:09am i supposed to throw the lord protector of the realm out onto the road
28:12your grace
28:13please don't be offended
28:14grandmother has lived quietly for many years
28:17she's simply not accustomed to visitors
28:20there's an old soli on the west side of the manor
28:22it was my grandfather's study when he was alive
28:24where he read and handled estate business
28:26if your grace wouldn't mind
28:28you're welcome to stay there for the night
28:29eleanor
28:30clever girl
28:32color floods eleanor's cheeks
28:34she ducks her head
28:35your grace flatters me
28:37my stomach drops
28:38is he flirting with my granddaughter
28:40i'm not worried about jeffrey anymore
28:42after today
28:43eleanor has seen through his mask
28:45she won't cling to that sinking ship
28:47but if she turns around and falls for the lord protector
28:50i can't exactly tell her
28:52the man you're blushing at has already bedded your grandmother
28:55god would rain fire and brimstone on this house
28:57no
28:58absolutely not
29:00i just pulled eleanor out of one wolf's jaws
29:03i will not push her into another's arms
29:05eleanor
29:06come here
29:06come stand beside me
29:09agnes
29:09escort his grace to the west solar
29:12come in grandmother
29:13eleanor turns and hurries toward me
29:16and catches her foot on something
29:18she stumbles
29:19crashes into the screen
29:20and knocks it several inches to the side
29:23for one horrible
29:24frozen moment
29:25there is nothing between roland and me but open air
29:28our eyes lock
29:29my heart slams against my ribs
29:31his gaze is sharp
29:33searching
29:34it pins me in place
29:36i don't breathe
29:37i can't breathe
29:38don't recognize me
29:40don't recognize me
29:41roland's brow creases
29:43and then he says the one thing that makes me want the floor to open up and swallow me whole
29:47my lady
29:49have we met before
29:51your grace
29:52a man as busy as yourself can hardly be expected to remember every face
29:56but now that you mention it
29:58your grace don't you recall
30:00years ago
30:01when i visited the palace
30:02to pay my respects to queen mother isabel
30:04i held you in my arms
30:06you were still a nursing babe
30:07the moment i picked you up
30:09you wet yourself all over my gown
30:11my how the years fly
30:13look at you now
30:14all grown up
30:17that's right boy
30:18you want to match wits with this old woman
30:21you're twenty years too green
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