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"I came to bid you goodbye," Lance says softly. There's a hint of sadness in his tone, a hesitancy.
It's then that Keith notices he wears his chain mail and riding boots, his long blue surcoat that bears his coat of arms. Keith's stomach swoops with unpleasant surprise. "You go to war?" The rain is forgotten now. "As your hostage, what will you do with me?" Keith asks.
"I wish we could be equal in this," Lance says bitterly. "I wish that we were lo-"
"Hush," Keith says, placing a finger gently over his lips and stilling his words. He's never dared venture this close, for fear of getting what he truly desires. "Save those words for when this is over and you come back to me. Consider those words a reward," he whispers huskily.England, 1140. It is the Anarchy - King Stephen has wrested the crown from Matilda, the rightful heir. There is now civil war. Lance, Lord Lovett, fights for Stephen, and Keith fights for Matilda. They are destined to meet on the battlefield, to clash in more ways than one. Now Keith is Lance's hostage, but love will always find a way, despite the odds.