Lady Joan walked into the cathedral with Catrin beside her. 

"Should we be here?" Catrin whispered. "You know the priests don't like people like us."

"I refuse to apologize for whom I love." Joan smiled at Catrin. "Priests or no priests."

Lady Joan was welcome to visit the cathedral in a way Joan Carter was not. She planned to take every advantage of her new status. Suze kept busy training people day and night. Joan worried she was overdoing it, but Suze grinned ...