Chapter One
The Scilly Islands
Cornwall, England
The castle servants had warned him that he would pay for ignoring the girl. On
the very night he took possession of the ancient keep, the domestic prophets of
doom surrounded him in the hallway. They assured him that the girl possessed
some vague magical powers which she would use against him for turning her away.
"And what sort of magical powers might those be?" he had asked out of amused
curiosity.
"She brings rainbows to the sky after a storm," the castle housekeeper said
proudly.
The coachman nodded. "She causes flowers to bloom where nary a weed could grow
before."
"Oh, my goodness, Anthony said, hiding a grin. "These are terrifying powers,
indeed. Is it safe to leave my room?"
"And she's under the protection of the sorceress Morgan le Fay, King Arthur's
own sister," a chambermaid piped in ominously.
"Not the same King Arthur who lived in Saxon times?" Anthony walked the small
group of servants into the bronze umbrella stand, his voice rising. "Who
probably never lived at all and, if he did live, would have banished the lot of
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