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Chapters (76)
  1. Title Page
  2. Copyright Notice
  3. Dedication
  4. PROLOGUE
  5. PART I
  6. ONE
  7. TWO
  8. THREE
  9. FOUR
  10. FIVE
  11. SIX
  12. SEVEN
  13. EIGHT
  14. NINE
  15. PART II
  16. TEN
  17. ELEVEN
  18. TWELVE
  19. THIRTEEN
  20. FOURTEEN
  21. FIFTEEN
  22. SIXTEEN
  23. SEVENTEEN
  24. EIGHTEEN
  25. NINETEEN
  26. PART III
  27. TWENTY
  28. TWENTY-ONE
  29. TWENTY-TWO
  30. TWENTY-THREE
  31. TWENTY-FOUR
  32. TWENTY-FIVE
  33. TWENTY-SIX
  34. INTERLUDE
  35. PART IV
  36. TWENTY-SEVEN
  37. TWENTY-EIGHT
  38. TWENTY-NINE
  39. THIRTY
  40. THIRTY-ONE
  41. THIRTY-TWO
  42. THIRTY-THREE
  43. THIRTY-FOUR
  44. INTERLUDE
  45. PART V
  46. THIRTY-FIVE
  47. THIRTY-SIX
  48. THIRTY-SEVEN
  49. THIRTY-EIGHT
  50. PART VI
  51. THIRTY-NINE
  52. FORTY
  53. FORTY-ONE
  54. FORTY-TWO
  55. FORTY-THREE
  56. FORTY-FOUR
  57. FORTY-FIVE
  58. INTERLUDE
  59. PART VII
  60. FORTY-SIX
  61. FORTY-SEVEN
  62. FORTY-EIGHT
  63. FORTY-NINE
  64. FIFTY
  65. FIFTY-ONE
  66. FIFTY-TWO
  67. PART VIII
  68. FIFTY-THREE
  69. FIFTY-FOUR
  70. FIFTY-FIVE
  71. FIFTY-SIX
  72. EPILOGUE
  73. AUTHOR’S NOTE
  74. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  75. ABOUT THE AUTHOR
  76. Newsletter Sign-up

“Please hear me out.” His face softened. “You should know that I do not come to you lightly, and I realize what I ask of you is no small thing.”

“You haven’t told me what that thing is,” she laughed, because she did not know how to react to him at all. On another day she might have appreciated his concern. It was rare for a Common Guardsman to speak so gently, when they were normally prone to pawing at her and boasting of things they would like to do to her. The things they were like to try now, without the protection of either Roger or William.

Marshall swallowed. “Do you know about what happened to Morg?”

It took a moment for Arable to even wrap herself around the question, it was so far removed from herself. But yes, she had been there in the dining hall that night.

“Morg never meant to kill that boy, but truth be told I’m glad he did,” Marshall said. “We’re all safer for it.”

Arable pursed her lips and nodded, though she didn’t necessarily agree. Morg had always been a sweetheart to her. But when a man chooses to show one side of himself to the world, she had learned to be wary of the one he hid.

“He’s still in prison.” Marshall glanced over his shoulder and lowered his voice. “He can’t stay there. He’s being held with the same people he arrested. It’s not safe. Even if he were wrong to do what he did, he doesn’t deserve to die down there.”

Arable suddenly wondered if there was a reason nobody else was nearby. “I don’t know why you’re talking to me. I can’t do anything to help you, I’m sorry.”

“I’ve talked to Sheriff Wendenal, but he won’t listen to me, and neither will Captain Gisbourne.” That caught her attention. William now shared the same moral compass as Gisbourne. “They think Morg is safe, but they don’t know the prisons as I do. There aren’t enough men in there to protect him, and the Derbymen won’t let anyone in that’s not one of their own. They think we’ll try to let him loose.”

“But you are trying to let him loose?”

“I’m not asking much, I’m not, I swear.”

“That’s not what you said a moment ago.”