The Holding

WITH THIS RING I THEE ESPOUSE

It was done. She was his wife. Wife of a knight so silent and stealthy, they called him The Fog. Everything Lady Cathryn of Greneforde owned--castle, lands and people--was now safe in his hands. But there was one barrier yet to be breached.

WITH MY BODY I THEE HONOR

There was a secret at Greneforde Castle, a secret embodied in its seemingly obedient mistress and silent servants. Betrayal, William feared, awaited him on his wedding night. But he had vowed to take possession of the holding his king had granted him. To do so he must know his wife completely, take her in the most elemental and intimate holding of all.