"You have taken the seat of Lord Mellester," cried Sir Wystan in indignation.

Sir Hyde casually chewed his bottom lip and surveyed the people who sat in the hall. He took his time, offering additional insult to Sir Wystan by ignoring him. His grey eyes held the gaze of Mellester's nobles and knights, challenging them. Against the wall he saw Sir Gweir and Sir Kay, and beside them the dirty figure of a young man he presumed to be Odo the herdsman. To the herdsman's credit, he ...