Via Crucis

At sunset in May 1145, Lady Goda walked beside the moat of Stoke Regis and watched the road beyond the oaks. Her husband Raymond and their eighteen-year-old son Gilbert had been gone a month to swear loyalty to Empress Maud. You step into this one-chapter preview with Arnold de Curboil at the center, where choices turn on the people, promises, and pressure already in the room. If Raymond learned anything on the road, the welcome at Stoke will become my judgment. The chapter closes on a continuation question rather than resolving the novel's larger arc.

Chapters

1. The Lady at Stoke RegisStokeRegis · 4 min

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