The prince lay atop his lover, groaning and sweating his pleasure. The child, standing at the head of the bed, watched impassively. The prince's eyes met hers.
"Go outside, Rhonwyn," he said.
" 'TIs raining," the child whined.
"Then take your sheepskin and lie quietly by the fire, lass," he replied. Beneath him the woman moaned softly, shifting her hips suggestively as her impatient ardor grew.
"I want to sleep with my mam," Rhonwyn said stubbornly.
"Nay, lass," the prince laughed softly. "Tonight I sleep with your mam. Now make your bed by the fire. If I have to get up, I'll beat you. Go!"
Finally cowed, the child did as she had been bid and lay by the fire, wrapping herself in the warm sheepskin. She hated it when the prince came to their cottage. The her mother had no time for her or her baby brother. The prince was their father, her mother had told them. They owed him their love and their allegiance. Without him they would starve. She and Glynn must always remeber that.
Her brother was already asleep by the fire, his thumb in his small mouth, his dark lashes brushing his rosy cheek. She loved Glynn more than any other person on this earth. He did not prefer the prince to her as her mother did. Yet when Llywelyn ap Gruffydd came to their cottage, he always brought his children gifts and greeted them lovingly. But I still don't have to like him, Rhonwyn reasoned silently to herself.
She heard her mother cry out, and the prince's deep voice said, " Christ's bones, Vala, No one feeds my itch like you do!" And then her mother laughed her husky laugh.
Rhonwyn's eyes closed at the sound, and she slept as last. There was no use in trying to stay awake. The prince would remain the night.
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A Memory of Love
Storie d'amoreSpirited, iron-willed Rhonwyn is the bastard child of the Prince of Wales. Raised more boy than girl she is able to ride and fight with the best. Against her wishes, she is married off to an English lord, Edward de Beaumont, who is stunned to discov...
