NINETEEN
She wasn't hungry, but Guinevere forced down another bite of food without tasting it. She would need all her strength to get through the coming days.
"You cannot hide in your chamber forever. The people need to see their queen." Lady Ragna stood inside the room, voicing Guinevere's own thoughts, as she waved a procession of servants through the door.
One chest was deposited on the flagstones, the solid thump followed by twin relieved exhalations as the servants released their burdens. A second and third thump followed the first, before all six men bowed and departed.
Lady Ragna did not. "These are your court clothes, as the King commanded. In his absence, the people need their queen."
Guinevere stared at the chests. The clothes they contained could only be new, for she had
