"Sir Guy's Atonement" (Book 3) by Gratiana Lovelace, 2015 (a Wattys2015 Nominee)

Ch. 45 (PG-13, S): Courtship and Marriage

"Sir Guy's Atonement" (Book 3), Ch. 45 (PG-13, S): Courtship and Marriage, July 06, 2015 Gratiana Lovelace 

[An Original Historical Fiction Fan adaptation of the characters from the BBC's Robin Hood;

& a Sequel to "Sir Guy's Dilemma" (Book 2) by Gratiana Lovelace]

(All Rights Reserved; No copyright infringement intended)

[From time to time, I will illustrate my story with my dream cast of: Richard Armitage as Sir Guy of Gisborne, Clive Standen as Lord Archer of Locksley, Emma Watson as Lady Roseanna Gisborne, Tommy Bastow as the young Seth Gisborne, Lucy Griffiths as the spectre of Lady Marian, James McAvoy as Lord George Middleton, Toby Stephens as Prince/King John, Dakota Fanning as Lady Caroline Havorford, Chris Hemsworth as Sir Roderick Merton, Tamsin Egerton as Lady Rebecca Oxbridge Merton, Lee Ross as Sir Jasper, Sir Derek Jacobi as Fr. Bale, Judi Dench as Mother Superior, David Harewood as Brother Tuck, Kevin McKidd as Lord John Oxbridge Earl of Leicester, and Lucy Griffiths as Lady Anne/Marian, Sam Troughton as Much, and Gordon Kennedy as Little John, etc.]

Author's Mature Content Note: "Sir Guy's Atonement" is a story of romance and intrigue set amidst Medieval times. As such there will be some passages in this story involving heartfelt love scenes (S) and some passages involving highly dramatic moments (D). I will label the maturity rating of those chapters accordingly. Otherwise, the general rating for this story is PG or PG-13 due to some mature situations and topics. If you are unable or unwilling to attend a movie with the ratings that I provide, then please do not read the chapters with those labels. This is my disclaimer.

Author's Recap from the previous installment: With Lady Rebecca and Sir Roderick's marriage solidified with the arranged annulment of her first marriage to Lord John Oxbridge--and then Lord John being made legally alive again--that cleared the way for Lord John to marry his nurse, caretaker, companion, and love, the Lady Anne/Marian. And Baron Guy of Gisborne has brokered a betrothal agreement between his almost eleven year old son and heir Seth Gisborne and the twelve year old Lady Caroline Havorford. So, on the morrow, Baron Guy and Lady Roseanna will share the news with Seth about his formal betrothal to the lady he has chosen, Lady Caroline Havorford. And their family will move forward unfettered, released from the past, and with the promise of a bright future.

Sir Guy's Atonement" (Book 3), Ch. 45 (PG-13, S) Courtship and Marriage

These past five years since the events in July 1199 that catapulted Seth Gisborne's family into distress with the Oxbridge marriages difficulties--and Seth's own father's past sins staring him in the face in the person of Lady Anne, nee Lady Marian Knighton--have been surprisingly uneventful and peaceful, blessedly so. Baron Guy of Gisborne was relieved that Lady Anne/Marian found happiness in love and family as she delightedly co-parented Lord John's two young children with he and his former wife Lady Rebecca. Seth's Mama Lady Roseanna almost immediately--well, seven months later--graced them with another brother named Crispin Guy Stephen Gisborn whom they call Stephen. The baby's Papa Baron Guy of Gisborne allowing no abhorrent diminuative nicknames such as Stevie--boy nicknames being prevalent amongst the Middleton-Oxbridge extended family. So the Gisborne-Middleton Manor family is once again balanced with four males and four females among the two parents Baron Guy and his wife Lady Roseanna and their six children.

Yet when you are young, time drags slowly--never more so than when you are trying to reach a goal. And for Seth Gisborne, his goal was to reach his sixteenth birthday in August 1204. And that he has done these three months past now that it is November of 1204. As a sixteen year old, Seth is a man in the eyes of God and society--and Seth may now woo and wed his chosen bride and betrothed, the Lady Caroline Havorford. But it is a delicate matter still yet to be finally resolved.