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CHAPTER 20
Upon their return to Camelot, Juley and King Arthur found King Llenlleawg trying to teach Dan how to play Gweedleboard and Cynthia was learning stitchery from Queen Elaine and the three Guenhumara Queens.
Dan ran up to his mother the way that he was accustomed to. Cynthia started to but was reminded then she gracefully walked up to her mother, showing the training that she was given in Juley's absence.
The three Guenhumara Queens greeted Juley and King Arthur. Once formalities were over, all three Guenhumara Queens spoke all at once and no one understood so the King stopped them and had them say their peace, one at a time. The messages that they wanted to put across was that Prince Medraut, Queen Anna and King Loth, Queen Morgan and King Urian and a few others saute audience with the King.
He told Cai to set up the schedule for the next day, and to arrange for a banquet that night so he could officiate and announce the betrothal of Cynthia and King Llenlleawg. then he gathered his wives and informed them that with their help, he would start training Juley to be Queen. Her first task was to, along with the Guenhumara Queens, sit at court with him. the throne for her was set up so they took their seats and the King had King Llenlleawg tell them of the events that had taken place in Juley and the King's absence.
That night as the King walked the hall to his chambers, Prince Medraut and his brothers and cousins were too closely related and, even though she was no blood relative, it would not set well with the people. The King also shared his hopes of the people would forget about the step part and just think of Dan, Cynthia, and David as his sons and daughter.
Prince Medraut didn't like it but he understood, so when he went out to his friends who were waiting out front of the palace, and relayed the message. Melways wasn't related but he wasn't in time to get to speak with the King before dinner was called.
At the board, that night, all was there, Queen Morgan and King Urian, Queen Anna and King Loth, the cadets and the warband and others of importance.
The King gave quite the speech officiating and announcing the betrothal of King Llenlleawg and Cynthia.
Queen Morgan gave the first toast, thinking that it would serve him right, having to wait for several years until he could get into his betrothed's bed.
King Llenlleawg politely thanked her and called her "Aunt Morgan".
Everyone laughed good naturedly.
The next morning, Queen Morgan met King Llenlleawg in the stables. She wanted to be sure of his motives. She wanted to be sure that the feud that she had with King Llenlleawg had nothing to do with his decision.
Later, she conveyed her concerns to the King. He told her of his confidence in time in bringing out tho truth if there was any to bring out.
CHAPTER 21
The day was clear and the training session went good. Dan and Cynthia had been showing a natural talent in leadership and the art of war.
Some of the boys, the same age as Dan and Cynthia, were planing a dog raid into Ireland. it was not known that Sam was leading the raid or there would have been no raid. Sam could not be trusted. The King claimed that he was there to keep the rest of the cadets honest. But only the King himself knew why Sam the treacherous hadn't been put with the herdsmen of field hands long ago.
Dan and Cynthia were part of the group, mostly for the fun of it. But they had to swear that none of the instructors would find out, especially King Llenlleawg. Not knowing that raids like this was part of the culture, Dan and Cynthia swore the oath. What they knew was the modern, "You snitch or Rat and you're dead meat."
King Llenlleawg found out however that night at bed count. By this time, Dan, Cynthia, and the boys were on a boat bound for Ireland. He informed the King.
CHAPTER 22
Earlier that day while Dan and Cynthia were getting into their mischief, court was in session.
Juley was there with the King and the three Guenhumara Queens. There was a slight dispute between Prince Medraut and Prince Agravane. Everyone knew that it was the fact that Prince Medraut was Guenhumara Queen Elaine's lover but no one was about to say it outright.
The situation was so tense that Juley just wanted to leave but the King told her to stay put until the problem was salved.
Finally Guenhumara Queen Elaine eased the tension by telling about a problem that had occurred a few days before, on her way to the fair between Prince Medraut and Prince Agravane over a misunderstanding.
The King asked both Princes about it and it checked out so Prince Agravane was sent back to Lothian. The King really cared about Guenhumara Queen Elaine so he wished that she would quit seeing Prince Medraut before her affair was brought out in the open. Until then she would be protected by law, but by that same law, if it was publicly proven that she had a lover, it would mean her life.
After the two princes left, the King took Juley to his private chambers. He demanded to know why Juley tried to leave court.
After Joe, she was so scared, to cover the fear, she got defiant. This included sticking her tung out at him.
He sensed her fear, so he used the opportunity to show her that he was not to be feared. He firmly demanded that she stood directly in front of him and show the same defiance.
She did so expecting to be hit but she wasn't about to let him be a bully and cause strife like that, that Joe caused. She did not expect what was to come.
What the King did was take her face in his hands and gave her a big open mouthed kiss.
Neither was prepared for what was next. The bonding process had started between Juley and the King and had developed to the point that they could not stop at just one. The King thought that it was enchantment but Juley, a woman of the nineties, knew that it was love. This was the kind of love that lasts throughout eternity.
The kissing developed into them making love. They didn't know, but at this time, Juley's first duty as King Arthur's Queen was performed, the conceiving of an heir for the King.
While resting in each other's arms, after the passion, the King explained how important how important it was that, at least in court, there was to be the appearance of him having total control over his household. She understood.
CHAPTER 23
The Irish coast was clear as the children landed. They hid the boat the best they could. They then headed for Castle Ryan.
By the time that Castle Ryan came into view, Sam was backing out. He wanted to abort the raid since the rest of the boys were ready to back them up.
It was market day at castle Ryan so it was easy for the children in by splitting up their numbers.
Then by appearing to be there for the market, they had the run of the grounds. Sure Cynthia thought that she got into the kennels by showing her femininity, but though she thought that would get her by, she hadn't heard the stories of the female warriors of old, but no one was looking.
The boys created a diversion by starting a fight in the market place.
They got the dogs out of the castle and almost got away but Sam deliberately sabotaged their escape by causing a guard to follow him.
The children were taken back into the castle and locked up. They promptly started to plan their escape.
That night the children put manacles, anything they could lay their hands on, together for one long chain. There was one boy who was the son of a blacksmith that knew how to put it together so the chain was strong and long. The children tried their escape by using the chain for climbing out the window and to the ground. Sam beat on the door and informed the guards in spite of the other children's efforts to stop him.
There was a fight later because more of Sam's attitude, Sam was a little hard on Cynthia and her being Virgin and wanting to stay way until her wedding night. Dan championed her.
The guards had to break up the fight. Not only was it discovered that Cynthia was a girl, but also the children came from King Arthur's court. Cynthia was given a separate cell and word was immediately sent out to Camelot of the children's capture.
Cynthia spent days with the boys and nights in her separate cell. this made it easy for the children to make other attempts to escape. The final escape attempt was just Dan and Cynthia but all the children except Sam helped.
Back in Arizona, Dan and Cynthia were skate board champions. It worried Juley greatly because each competition was more and more daring. There was one stunt that they almost had perfected. They called it "Breakout". They went through a window and over several barrels then down a ramp. They also was designing and building their own skate boards.
Dan got the idea seeing a tipped over goblet role a couple of turns. With the help of the smithy's son and a few other children, Dan and Cynthia made skate boards.
Yes the guards and King Patrick knew about the project. He just didn't have any idea what they were going to do with the boards. So he not only let them make the boards, he made it easier to obtain the supplies. He felt that it kept the children out of trouble for until King Arthur came for them.
CHAPTER 24
King Arthur and his Queens were holding court when Bryan McBrian came before the throne. He delivered his message of the location of the children. the King was worried about all the children especially since they missed now Queen Juley's coronation.
The coronation was a quiet and small one. Only the warband and a few close friends were there. Saint Dubrecias did the ceremony and yes, the children were missed.
The King was somewhat relieved that it was castle Ryan that they tried. He knew King Patrick to be fair. He had tried before to get an alliance with Castle Ryan but it was difficult due to the differences between the Irish and the Britt.
n the other hand, Queen Juley was so upset that she would have grounded them for the rest of their lives.
Knowing this, the King made her promise to let him handle the disciplining of Dan and Cynthia.
First thing the next morning, King Arthur, King Llenlleawg, Cai and a full retinue left for Ireland. It was quite the sight to see the King and his men with Bryan McBrian riding out to the docks then taking the Pryden out and over to Ireland.
While on the Pryden, the King and King Llenlleawg got together and decided on a felt discipline for all the cadets, guard duty on the wall for the month, plus for the next week, go over the raid to work on their strategy.
CHAPTER 25
Dan and Cynthia waited until most of the bugs were worked out of the boards then made a try. They did the through the window stunt that they knew so well, after promising to bring help. Arrn, the smithy's son, told them to forget about them, they deserved what was in store for them for trusting Sam when they knew better.
King Patrick was in the Court yard speaking with one of the guards when Dan and Cynthia went soaring through the window and over the wall. King Patrick knew that there was a lake on that side of the castle but he was still concerned that they would injure themselves. He had gown to respect this bunch of cadets. They didn't give up easily like so many of the warriors that he knew. This Dan and Cynthia, they were fascinating to him and he would like to know more about them.
Dan and Cynthia landed in the lake, as planed, and swam to shore, but not as planed, King Patrick and some guards were waiting for them. Some of the guards went out in the water and got them since they started to swim to another location.
Sam said his "I told you so's", and gloated over the fact that Dan and Cynthia were being brought back.
Dan had to be restrained from bashing Sam's face in.
King Patrick confiscated the boards. He told them of his plan to turn them over to King Arthur, who was expected to arrive soon. He then left.
The children talked about what was in store for them. Arrn reminded Sam that he need to worry, though the rest, probably would get extra guard duty.
Dan and Cynthia was scared. All they knew was the way that Joe would react violently. They were just learning how King Arthur would react. so they even had nightmares of Joe handling the problem, and the beatings that he had inflicted on them and their mother.
David, another cadet, tried to console them and ease their fear but they didn't calm down.
CHAPTER 26
At Camelot, Queen Ygrene was there to help Queen Juley through this. She remembered when then Young Prince Arthur pulled his dog raid, and how both King Uther Pendragon and she was furious and anxious. Lord Merlin handled the problem of waiting for him on the Irish coast and escorting them back to Britain and disciplining him. Then Ygrene remembered that Guenhumara Queen Ilo was with.
Guenhumara Queen Ilo confessed to it and told them that the punishment was extra studies on strategy. She also remembered the anxiety of not knowing what he was going to do until they got back to the school. She also diplomatically told how very effective that discipline was.
Queen Juley got somewhat confused, but Guenhumara Queen Ilo patiently explained that raids like this were part of the Celtic culture and it could show leadership abilities.
Later Queen Ygrene found Queen Juley in the hall crying. She went to Queen Juley to speak with her. They spoke of Queen Juley's fears on how the children would turn out and King Arthur was no angel when he was a child. They also spoke on how there was a strong resemblance between King Arthur and the children.
As they went to Queen Ygrene's chambers, she told Queen Juley some of the mischievous stunts that then young Prince Arthur pulled.
CHAPTER 27
At Castle Ryan, King Arthur and party rode into the courtyard of castle Ryan while Dan, Cynthia and the rest of the captured cadets watched out the window.
It was Bryan McBrian that introduced the King to King Patrick. King Patrick was holding court and was glad to see King Arthur and his retinue had gotten there without incident.
King Arthur asked to see the cadets before the ransom was to be paid.
King Patrick had a servant take them to the cadets.
The cadets used the diplomacy of honesty and the show of good military discipline in hopes of impressing the King so his judgement would be a little gentler, at the inspection. Once the King left, Dan and Cynthia was a little relieved.
Upon their return to King Patrick, the King paid the ransom. The men were given a place to freshen up while King Patrick told Arthur, the High King of Britain, not just of the behavior of the cadets, but the behavior of Dan and Cynthia, the children that had just became his. He told the King of the boards with wheels and how they made them fly and the daring escape attempts and the tactics used to gain possession of Castle Ryan's prize hounds.
King Patrick also told of the treachery of Sam. He even offered to keep him and put him in the fields to work.
The King explained the dilemma of Sam. He told of the bitterness that Sam had in his heart and the demon dark Cloud that hung over him. He told how this came upon him.
King Patrick understood, he also understood why the King had to take Sam back to Camelot.
That night at dinner, the cadets were informed that they were going back to Camelot the next morning. Also the cadets learned that when the King was a boy, he made a similar raid but didn't have a Sam to betray him, and his raid was on King Patrick's father. There was some talk about a treaty or maybe an alliance. Lord Merlin would be sent over to work out the details. King Patrick gave the King the skate boards.
With King Patrick's consent, King Llenlleawg told the story of "Bran the Blessed". He told how Bran's sister, Branwen, got betrothed then married to King Matholwch of Ireland and Efnisien, Bran's brother, came close to ruining the betrothal and wedding due to his jealously and being excluded from the negotiation of the betrothal. He also told of the problem that Efnisien had of not thinking right, and is treachery against his brother, the High King of Britain. He told of the diplomacy that Bran used to undo the damage that Efnisien did.
By the end of the story, Cynthia was crying, because her heart went out to Bran and Branwen.
When the cadets went to bed that night, they had a lot to think about. David explained to Dan and Cynthia that these stories are more than entertainment but also a way to teach right from wrong and gallantry.
Once back on the Pryden, The King spoke with Dan and Cynthia and further thought them why they always get clearance from him when ever they were to go on a raid.
After they finished their talk with The King, Dan and Cynthia went off in their separate ways to ponder what The King had to say and the difference of hoe The King handled the problem with how Joe would have handled the problem.
Sam approached Dan and asked about Joe and was Joe really all that bad. Dan assured him that he was. Then the first miracle of Sam happened, he opened up to Dan about King Org. He told him about how Org Murdered Sam's father by while being a trusted guest, he stabbed Sam's father in the back. Org then took over the castle holding his family under his rule. He went on to tell how he put Sam's mother in his concubine and how he abused Sam and his siblings and left Sam for dead at the cattle raid on Camolot when he became a prisoner of The King. He also told Dan how furious Org was when he found that Sam was alive and well.
That night, Dan and Sam became fast friends, almost kindred spirits.
CHAPTER 28
Back in Arizona, Joe was standing trial. Everything came out the way he beat Juley for no reason or that he didn't want the responsibility of children, so since she refused to abort the pregnancy, he beat her to abort the pregnancy. It was brought out how he did everything to hustle her and even robed her.
What the D.A. was trying for, was to bring charges over Juley. The Jury really didn't believe him when he told them about how Juley and the children vanished right before his eyes but since there really wasn't sufficient evidence he got off on this count. He did get 20 to life for the kidnaping, rape, and murder of Ellie Vincent.
Also Juley's father, the social worker that actually had Juley's case and Juley's exÄboss, Mr. Richardson, got with the judge so the court would have Virna get the counseling that she needed in order to be retrained so she could learn to no longer be an abuser. This was also because there was a concern that Virna was showing the stress and guilt of being duped by Joe.
CHAPTER 29
The King and his party got to Camelot at the first light of dawn. The gates were just opening up at the first light of dawn. In the palace only the servants were up and around preparing for the daily chores. The King took Dan and Cynthia to Queen Juley and turned them over to their mother.
Gwalchmei had met the King at the door and informed him of a meeting at Grail Castle by some of the rebellious Sub Kings and that Lord Merlin felt that it would advantageous for the King to attend.
He made Queen Juley promise to wait for his return before she decided to do anything rash and explained that business called him away then left Queen Juley with her children.
CHAPTER 30
Grail castle was one of those places that one could very easily be at one with God. It was not a church as we know the term today, but it was not far from it. It was a castle with a King but the Grail King. Even I'm not too sure of the significance of King Perceval, but he was someone to be respected in the eyes of God and man.
King Perceval was very glad and relieved that King Arthur attended the meeting. He was also glad that this meeting was turned into a gathering of all the Kings of the Isle of the Mighty.
The son of the Vortergurn who Ambrosias Arelius had taken the throne of Britain from just generation before took the floor. He brought up the fact that it had been a while since there had been any new babies born to Camelot, Maybe their was a problem of the King's fertility.
Another King reminded the forum that King Arthur had recently taken a new bride and she needed time. Queen Juley already had three children so there shouldn't be any concern of her fertility.
It was brought out that this son of Vortergurn had a daughter of marriageable age.
About this time, Lord Merlin arrived and informed the King that Queen Juley needed him home as soon as possible.
The King excused himself, and it was decided to reconvene this meeting at Camelot in one week's time.
CHAPTER 31
At Camelot, Queen Juley was having difficulty sleeping. This had been going on since she realized that she was pregnant.
She tried remembering her fantasies and dreams from her childhood of being wife to the famous King Arthur and having his babies but ineffectively, the nightmare of Joe came into the picture and the beatings she received just because just for getting pregnant. She, on several occasions, awakened screaming. She had morning sickness so bad that it was hard to hold down water, she was cranky with everyone. She was terrified.
Guenhumara Queen Ilo tried to speak with her, but to no avail.
Cynthia, knowing what the problem was, did her best to set her mother's mind at ease but there was grate difficulty in doing so.
CHAPTER 32
At Grail Castle, the son of Vortergurn and King Loth got together. It was decided on the betrothal of Anna, the grand daughter of Vortergurn, and Prince Medraut. The plot was started in bringing the two young people together which also started the plot to the downfall of Camelot.
CHAPTER 33
The king rode all night. He reached Camelot at sunrise. Breakfast was ready so most of the men stayed in the kitchen for breakfast. The King would have gone strait for Queen Juley but the three Guenhumara Queens met him at the Kitchen door. Guenhumara Queens Elaine and Regina complained, Guenhumara Queen Ilo was concerned about the problem.
In Queen Juley's quarters, she had to have the servants help her get up. She was told of the King's return so she sent for him.
Upon getting the message, he immediately went to her. The fear was so heavy that one could smell it, as he entered her room. She was bent over a pot loosing what little she had on her stomach.
He offered to get a physician. She informed him that she didn't need a physician, she needed a midwife. She then braced herself to be hit. But what did happen next, she was not prepared for.
He put his arms around her and gently kissed her.
She cried in relief. She then told him of some of her fear.
He promised that as closely as possible, everything would be duplicated so she would feel better about the baby. He then made her promise to come down to breakfast, then left.
She started to wonder about him when he started to laugh out in the hall, but when a servant came in, she asked, and was told of the pressure that the King was put under at Grail Castle.
That gave her something to ponder on while she dressed and went down to the kitchen for breakfast.
The King told the three Guenhumara Queen's about Queen Juley being pregnant and told them that she was going to need a lot of moral support.
Not long after, Queen Juley came to the kitchen. Lord Merlin wasn't far behind. Queen Juley asked Lord Merlin for audience after breakfast.
With a constant ear for the gossip, Gwalchmei asked what was going on.
Queen Juley replied, "I just want him to go to my homeland and get written material on prenatal care, fetal development and lamas delivery.
Gwalchmei was puzzled.
King Arthur, being very pleased with himself, announced Queen Juley's pregnancy.
Later Queen Juley gave Lord Merlin a written list and instructions on where he could get the material without any trouble.
As Lord Merlin left on the errand, Queen Juley went to speak with King Arthur in private.
It had been playing on her mind since that incident when Guenhumara Queen Elaine almost got exposed of her affair with Prince Medraut. What she knew was if you cheat, you destroy your marriage and most often with divorce, but this culture was different and she wanted to know what to do. So she took the chance, she spoke with the King about it.
The King explained that not long earlier, there was a problem of men taking wives for their inheritance then kill them. King Perceval's sister was a victim of such practice. In effort to eliminate this problem, he made a law that without proof of adultery, or public accusation, nothing can be done; but if Guenhumara Queen Elaine's adulterous ways behavior was brought out in the open, there would have been a trial by combat and if found guilty, both Guenhumara Queen Elaine and Prince Medraut would have been executed for treason against the crown and the land.
Queen Juley had a hard time understanding, "Why?".
The king patently explained the concept of the King and Queen being synonymous with the land. He went on to explain that it isn't just a superstition because the King and Queen leads the people and if the people see the King or the Queen breaking the law or one of God's commandments and they think that if the King or the Queen is dong it, it must be alright to do it, which undermines civilization and eventually destroys it to the point of anarchy because of corruption. He went on to explain that Guenhumara Queen Elaine was a good Queen, so no one wanted to bring her problem into the open.
She then informed the King of what she intended to do with the data that she sent Lord Merlin for.
The King liked the idea.
Queen Juley's nightmares lightened up but they didn't stop. All during Queen Juley's pregnancy there were night after night that she would wake up screaming or sweating. When the King could not go to her, the Guenhumara Queens went to her. There were meany nights that the King ended up just holding her to calm her down. They did some talking bout what was causing the nightmares. He also sought the advice of Lord Merlin. By the time that she had delivered the baby, the King had a post erected at the castle gate, and when anyone ever asked what was the pole for, he just have a chessard grin but come up with a reason to not say. Only he knew of his oath to himself that, that pole was for Joe's head, for what he did to Queen Juley and the children. He did get great satisfaction from this plan though he knew that he probably would never get the opportunity.
CHAPTER 34
Dan and Cynthia couldn't forget the feeling of soaring through the air, at Castle Ryan couldn't get up the nerve to ask for their boards back. They knew that the King had them so that wasn't the problem, they just didn't want to push their luck, but wanted to, shall we say, "Sidewalk surf" again.
Arrn was helping his father when Dan went to him and put across the idea for making the new boards and maybe a new ramp.
Arrn's father, the smithy, told them that it would have to be cleared with the King but that would also mean that the King would probably pay for the job and they would be able to use a better metal.
Dan decided that it couldn't hurt, the worst the King could do was say no.
CHAPTER 35
The waiting room at the clinic was full of mothers to be, the reception nurse was trying to help a patient fill out some paperwork.
Lord Merlin walked in. Most of the ladies didn't give him a second look, but he got the receptionists attention when he requested to speak with Doctor Lawrence Jamison.
Doctor Jamison was seeing a patient out at that time so he introduced himself.
Doctor Jamison was a little unsure when Lord Merlin him the letter. He opened it anyway. When he found that it was from Queen Juley, he was relieved, happy, curious and all other things involved. He had tried dating her but Joe's interference made any lasting relationship impossible, but he still cared for her. He helped her try to avoid Joe by having Juley teach a prenatal class, in the evenings, to his patients from the time they were determined pregnant to time of delivery. She was maid of honor at his wedding last year.
When he found that she wanted to start another prenatal classes at the place that she was hiding, and that David was starting to talk more and that she found a man that she could be happy with, he was happy for her and glad to be of assistance in obtaining the written data for the classes and he was also very happy to fill Lord Merlin in on what happened to Joe and all about the trial. He even wrote a letter telling her all that had taken place, even about Virna having to go for counseling.
When Lord Merlin left, Doctor Jamison called Mr. Robertson and told him of his strange visiter and the letter that he delivered.
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Upon their return to Camelot, Juley and King Arthur found King Llenlleawg trying to teach Dan how to play Gweedleboard and Cynthia was learning stitchery from Queen Elaine and the three Guenhumara Queens.
Dan ran up to his mother the way that he was accustomed to. Cynthia started to but was reminded then she gracefully walked up to her mother, showing the training that she was given in Juley's absence.
The three Guenhumara Queens greeted Juley and King Arthur. Once formalities were over, all three Guenhumara Queens spoke all at once and no one understood so the King stopped them and had them say their peace, one at a time. The messages that they wanted to put across was that Prince Medraut, Queen Anna and King Loth, Queen Morgan and King Urian and a few others saute audience with the King.
He told Cai to set up the schedule for the next day, and to arrange for a banquet that night so he could officiate and announce the betrothal of Cynthia and King Llenlleawg. then he gathered his wives and informed them that with their help, he would start training Juley to be Queen. Her first task was to, along with the Guenhumara Queens, sit at court with him. the throne for her was set up so they took their seats and the King had King Llenlleawg tell them of the events that had taken place in Juley and the King's absence.
That night as the King walked the hall to his chambers, Prince Medraut and his brothers and cousins were too closely related and, even though she was no blood relative, it would not set well with the people. The King also shared his hopes of the people would forget about the step part and just think of Dan, Cynthia, and David as his sons and daughter.
Prince Medraut didn't like it but he understood, so when he went out to his friends who were waiting out front of the palace, and relayed the message. Melways wasn't related but he wasn't in time to get to speak with the King before dinner was called.
At the board, that night, all was there, Queen Morgan and King Urian, Queen Anna and King Loth, the cadets and the warband and others of importance.
The King gave quite the speech officiating and announcing the betrothal of King Llenlleawg and Cynthia.
Queen Morgan gave the first toast, thinking that it would serve him right, having to wait for several years until he could get into his betrothed's bed.
King Llenlleawg politely thanked her and called her "Aunt Morgan".
Everyone laughed good naturedly.
The next morning, Queen Morgan met King Llenlleawg in the stables. She wanted to be sure of his motives. She wanted to be sure that the feud that she had with King Llenlleawg had nothing to do with his decision.
Later, she conveyed her concerns to the King. He told her of his confidence in time in bringing out tho truth if there was any to bring out.
CHAPTER 21
The day was clear and the training session went good. Dan and Cynthia had been showing a natural talent in leadership and the art of war.
Some of the boys, the same age as Dan and Cynthia, were planing a dog raid into Ireland. it was not known that Sam was leading the raid or there would have been no raid. Sam could not be trusted. The King claimed that he was there to keep the rest of the cadets honest. But only the King himself knew why Sam the treacherous hadn't been put with the herdsmen of field hands long ago.
Dan and Cynthia were part of the group, mostly for the fun of it. But they had to swear that none of the instructors would find out, especially King Llenlleawg. Not knowing that raids like this was part of the culture, Dan and Cynthia swore the oath. What they knew was the modern, "You snitch or Rat and you're dead meat."
King Llenlleawg found out however that night at bed count. By this time, Dan, Cynthia, and the boys were on a boat bound for Ireland. He informed the King.
CHAPTER 22
Earlier that day while Dan and Cynthia were getting into their mischief, court was in session.
Juley was there with the King and the three Guenhumara Queens. There was a slight dispute between Prince Medraut and Prince Agravane. Everyone knew that it was the fact that Prince Medraut was Guenhumara Queen Elaine's lover but no one was about to say it outright.
The situation was so tense that Juley just wanted to leave but the King told her to stay put until the problem was salved.
Finally Guenhumara Queen Elaine eased the tension by telling about a problem that had occurred a few days before, on her way to the fair between Prince Medraut and Prince Agravane over a misunderstanding.
The King asked both Princes about it and it checked out so Prince Agravane was sent back to Lothian. The King really cared about Guenhumara Queen Elaine so he wished that she would quit seeing Prince Medraut before her affair was brought out in the open. Until then she would be protected by law, but by that same law, if it was publicly proven that she had a lover, it would mean her life.
After the two princes left, the King took Juley to his private chambers. He demanded to know why Juley tried to leave court.
After Joe, she was so scared, to cover the fear, she got defiant. This included sticking her tung out at him.
He sensed her fear, so he used the opportunity to show her that he was not to be feared. He firmly demanded that she stood directly in front of him and show the same defiance.
She did so expecting to be hit but she wasn't about to let him be a bully and cause strife like that, that Joe caused. She did not expect what was to come.
What the King did was take her face in his hands and gave her a big open mouthed kiss.
Neither was prepared for what was next. The bonding process had started between Juley and the King and had developed to the point that they could not stop at just one. The King thought that it was enchantment but Juley, a woman of the nineties, knew that it was love. This was the kind of love that lasts throughout eternity.
The kissing developed into them making love. They didn't know, but at this time, Juley's first duty as King Arthur's Queen was performed, the conceiving of an heir for the King.
While resting in each other's arms, after the passion, the King explained how important how important it was that, at least in court, there was to be the appearance of him having total control over his household. She understood.
CHAPTER 23
The Irish coast was clear as the children landed. They hid the boat the best they could. They then headed for Castle Ryan.
By the time that Castle Ryan came into view, Sam was backing out. He wanted to abort the raid since the rest of the boys were ready to back them up.
It was market day at castle Ryan so it was easy for the children in by splitting up their numbers.
Then by appearing to be there for the market, they had the run of the grounds. Sure Cynthia thought that she got into the kennels by showing her femininity, but though she thought that would get her by, she hadn't heard the stories of the female warriors of old, but no one was looking.
The boys created a diversion by starting a fight in the market place.
They got the dogs out of the castle and almost got away but Sam deliberately sabotaged their escape by causing a guard to follow him.
The children were taken back into the castle and locked up. They promptly started to plan their escape.
That night the children put manacles, anything they could lay their hands on, together for one long chain. There was one boy who was the son of a blacksmith that knew how to put it together so the chain was strong and long. The children tried their escape by using the chain for climbing out the window and to the ground. Sam beat on the door and informed the guards in spite of the other children's efforts to stop him.
There was a fight later because more of Sam's attitude, Sam was a little hard on Cynthia and her being Virgin and wanting to stay way until her wedding night. Dan championed her.
The guards had to break up the fight. Not only was it discovered that Cynthia was a girl, but also the children came from King Arthur's court. Cynthia was given a separate cell and word was immediately sent out to Camelot of the children's capture.
Cynthia spent days with the boys and nights in her separate cell. this made it easy for the children to make other attempts to escape. The final escape attempt was just Dan and Cynthia but all the children except Sam helped.
Back in Arizona, Dan and Cynthia were skate board champions. It worried Juley greatly because each competition was more and more daring. There was one stunt that they almost had perfected. They called it "Breakout". They went through a window and over several barrels then down a ramp. They also was designing and building their own skate boards.
Dan got the idea seeing a tipped over goblet role a couple of turns. With the help of the smithy's son and a few other children, Dan and Cynthia made skate boards.
Yes the guards and King Patrick knew about the project. He just didn't have any idea what they were going to do with the boards. So he not only let them make the boards, he made it easier to obtain the supplies. He felt that it kept the children out of trouble for until King Arthur came for them.
CHAPTER 24
King Arthur and his Queens were holding court when Bryan McBrian came before the throne. He delivered his message of the location of the children. the King was worried about all the children especially since they missed now Queen Juley's coronation.
The coronation was a quiet and small one. Only the warband and a few close friends were there. Saint Dubrecias did the ceremony and yes, the children were missed.
The King was somewhat relieved that it was castle Ryan that they tried. He knew King Patrick to be fair. He had tried before to get an alliance with Castle Ryan but it was difficult due to the differences between the Irish and the Britt.
n the other hand, Queen Juley was so upset that she would have grounded them for the rest of their lives.
Knowing this, the King made her promise to let him handle the disciplining of Dan and Cynthia.
First thing the next morning, King Arthur, King Llenlleawg, Cai and a full retinue left for Ireland. It was quite the sight to see the King and his men with Bryan McBrian riding out to the docks then taking the Pryden out and over to Ireland.
While on the Pryden, the King and King Llenlleawg got together and decided on a felt discipline for all the cadets, guard duty on the wall for the month, plus for the next week, go over the raid to work on their strategy.
CHAPTER 25
Dan and Cynthia waited until most of the bugs were worked out of the boards then made a try. They did the through the window stunt that they knew so well, after promising to bring help. Arrn, the smithy's son, told them to forget about them, they deserved what was in store for them for trusting Sam when they knew better.
King Patrick was in the Court yard speaking with one of the guards when Dan and Cynthia went soaring through the window and over the wall. King Patrick knew that there was a lake on that side of the castle but he was still concerned that they would injure themselves. He had gown to respect this bunch of cadets. They didn't give up easily like so many of the warriors that he knew. This Dan and Cynthia, they were fascinating to him and he would like to know more about them.
Dan and Cynthia landed in the lake, as planed, and swam to shore, but not as planed, King Patrick and some guards were waiting for them. Some of the guards went out in the water and got them since they started to swim to another location.
Sam said his "I told you so's", and gloated over the fact that Dan and Cynthia were being brought back.
Dan had to be restrained from bashing Sam's face in.
King Patrick confiscated the boards. He told them of his plan to turn them over to King Arthur, who was expected to arrive soon. He then left.
The children talked about what was in store for them. Arrn reminded Sam that he need to worry, though the rest, probably would get extra guard duty.
Dan and Cynthia was scared. All they knew was the way that Joe would react violently. They were just learning how King Arthur would react. so they even had nightmares of Joe handling the problem, and the beatings that he had inflicted on them and their mother.
David, another cadet, tried to console them and ease their fear but they didn't calm down.
CHAPTER 26
At Camelot, Queen Ygrene was there to help Queen Juley through this. She remembered when then Young Prince Arthur pulled his dog raid, and how both King Uther Pendragon and she was furious and anxious. Lord Merlin handled the problem of waiting for him on the Irish coast and escorting them back to Britain and disciplining him. Then Ygrene remembered that Guenhumara Queen Ilo was with.
Guenhumara Queen Ilo confessed to it and told them that the punishment was extra studies on strategy. She also remembered the anxiety of not knowing what he was going to do until they got back to the school. She also diplomatically told how very effective that discipline was.
Queen Juley got somewhat confused, but Guenhumara Queen Ilo patiently explained that raids like this were part of the Celtic culture and it could show leadership abilities.
Later Queen Ygrene found Queen Juley in the hall crying. She went to Queen Juley to speak with her. They spoke of Queen Juley's fears on how the children would turn out and King Arthur was no angel when he was a child. They also spoke on how there was a strong resemblance between King Arthur and the children.
As they went to Queen Ygrene's chambers, she told Queen Juley some of the mischievous stunts that then young Prince Arthur pulled.
CHAPTER 27
At Castle Ryan, King Arthur and party rode into the courtyard of castle Ryan while Dan, Cynthia and the rest of the captured cadets watched out the window.
It was Bryan McBrian that introduced the King to King Patrick. King Patrick was holding court and was glad to see King Arthur and his retinue had gotten there without incident.
King Arthur asked to see the cadets before the ransom was to be paid.
King Patrick had a servant take them to the cadets.
The cadets used the diplomacy of honesty and the show of good military discipline in hopes of impressing the King so his judgement would be a little gentler, at the inspection. Once the King left, Dan and Cynthia was a little relieved.
Upon their return to King Patrick, the King paid the ransom. The men were given a place to freshen up while King Patrick told Arthur, the High King of Britain, not just of the behavior of the cadets, but the behavior of Dan and Cynthia, the children that had just became his. He told the King of the boards with wheels and how they made them fly and the daring escape attempts and the tactics used to gain possession of Castle Ryan's prize hounds.
King Patrick also told of the treachery of Sam. He even offered to keep him and put him in the fields to work.
The King explained the dilemma of Sam. He told of the bitterness that Sam had in his heart and the demon dark Cloud that hung over him. He told how this came upon him.
King Patrick understood, he also understood why the King had to take Sam back to Camelot.
That night at dinner, the cadets were informed that they were going back to Camelot the next morning. Also the cadets learned that when the King was a boy, he made a similar raid but didn't have a Sam to betray him, and his raid was on King Patrick's father. There was some talk about a treaty or maybe an alliance. Lord Merlin would be sent over to work out the details. King Patrick gave the King the skate boards.
With King Patrick's consent, King Llenlleawg told the story of "Bran the Blessed". He told how Bran's sister, Branwen, got betrothed then married to King Matholwch of Ireland and Efnisien, Bran's brother, came close to ruining the betrothal and wedding due to his jealously and being excluded from the negotiation of the betrothal. He also told of the problem that Efnisien had of not thinking right, and is treachery against his brother, the High King of Britain. He told of the diplomacy that Bran used to undo the damage that Efnisien did.
By the end of the story, Cynthia was crying, because her heart went out to Bran and Branwen.
When the cadets went to bed that night, they had a lot to think about. David explained to Dan and Cynthia that these stories are more than entertainment but also a way to teach right from wrong and gallantry.
Once back on the Pryden, The King spoke with Dan and Cynthia and further thought them why they always get clearance from him when ever they were to go on a raid.
After they finished their talk with The King, Dan and Cynthia went off in their separate ways to ponder what The King had to say and the difference of hoe The King handled the problem with how Joe would have handled the problem.
Sam approached Dan and asked about Joe and was Joe really all that bad. Dan assured him that he was. Then the first miracle of Sam happened, he opened up to Dan about King Org. He told him about how Org Murdered Sam's father by while being a trusted guest, he stabbed Sam's father in the back. Org then took over the castle holding his family under his rule. He went on to tell how he put Sam's mother in his concubine and how he abused Sam and his siblings and left Sam for dead at the cattle raid on Camolot when he became a prisoner of The King. He also told Dan how furious Org was when he found that Sam was alive and well.
That night, Dan and Sam became fast friends, almost kindred spirits.
CHAPTER 28
Back in Arizona, Joe was standing trial. Everything came out the way he beat Juley for no reason or that he didn't want the responsibility of children, so since she refused to abort the pregnancy, he beat her to abort the pregnancy. It was brought out how he did everything to hustle her and even robed her.
What the D.A. was trying for, was to bring charges over Juley. The Jury really didn't believe him when he told them about how Juley and the children vanished right before his eyes but since there really wasn't sufficient evidence he got off on this count. He did get 20 to life for the kidnaping, rape, and murder of Ellie Vincent.
Also Juley's father, the social worker that actually had Juley's case and Juley's exÄboss, Mr. Richardson, got with the judge so the court would have Virna get the counseling that she needed in order to be retrained so she could learn to no longer be an abuser. This was also because there was a concern that Virna was showing the stress and guilt of being duped by Joe.
CHAPTER 29
The King and his party got to Camelot at the first light of dawn. The gates were just opening up at the first light of dawn. In the palace only the servants were up and around preparing for the daily chores. The King took Dan and Cynthia to Queen Juley and turned them over to their mother.
Gwalchmei had met the King at the door and informed him of a meeting at Grail Castle by some of the rebellious Sub Kings and that Lord Merlin felt that it would advantageous for the King to attend.
He made Queen Juley promise to wait for his return before she decided to do anything rash and explained that business called him away then left Queen Juley with her children.
CHAPTER 30
Grail castle was one of those places that one could very easily be at one with God. It was not a church as we know the term today, but it was not far from it. It was a castle with a King but the Grail King. Even I'm not too sure of the significance of King Perceval, but he was someone to be respected in the eyes of God and man.
King Perceval was very glad and relieved that King Arthur attended the meeting. He was also glad that this meeting was turned into a gathering of all the Kings of the Isle of the Mighty.
The son of the Vortergurn who Ambrosias Arelius had taken the throne of Britain from just generation before took the floor. He brought up the fact that it had been a while since there had been any new babies born to Camelot, Maybe their was a problem of the King's fertility.
Another King reminded the forum that King Arthur had recently taken a new bride and she needed time. Queen Juley already had three children so there shouldn't be any concern of her fertility.
It was brought out that this son of Vortergurn had a daughter of marriageable age.
About this time, Lord Merlin arrived and informed the King that Queen Juley needed him home as soon as possible.
The King excused himself, and it was decided to reconvene this meeting at Camelot in one week's time.
CHAPTER 31
At Camelot, Queen Juley was having difficulty sleeping. This had been going on since she realized that she was pregnant.
She tried remembering her fantasies and dreams from her childhood of being wife to the famous King Arthur and having his babies but ineffectively, the nightmare of Joe came into the picture and the beatings she received just because just for getting pregnant. She, on several occasions, awakened screaming. She had morning sickness so bad that it was hard to hold down water, she was cranky with everyone. She was terrified.
Guenhumara Queen Ilo tried to speak with her, but to no avail.
Cynthia, knowing what the problem was, did her best to set her mother's mind at ease but there was grate difficulty in doing so.
CHAPTER 32
At Grail Castle, the son of Vortergurn and King Loth got together. It was decided on the betrothal of Anna, the grand daughter of Vortergurn, and Prince Medraut. The plot was started in bringing the two young people together which also started the plot to the downfall of Camelot.
CHAPTER 33
The king rode all night. He reached Camelot at sunrise. Breakfast was ready so most of the men stayed in the kitchen for breakfast. The King would have gone strait for Queen Juley but the three Guenhumara Queens met him at the Kitchen door. Guenhumara Queens Elaine and Regina complained, Guenhumara Queen Ilo was concerned about the problem.
In Queen Juley's quarters, she had to have the servants help her get up. She was told of the King's return so she sent for him.
Upon getting the message, he immediately went to her. The fear was so heavy that one could smell it, as he entered her room. She was bent over a pot loosing what little she had on her stomach.
He offered to get a physician. She informed him that she didn't need a physician, she needed a midwife. She then braced herself to be hit. But what did happen next, she was not prepared for.
He put his arms around her and gently kissed her.
She cried in relief. She then told him of some of her fear.
He promised that as closely as possible, everything would be duplicated so she would feel better about the baby. He then made her promise to come down to breakfast, then left.
She started to wonder about him when he started to laugh out in the hall, but when a servant came in, she asked, and was told of the pressure that the King was put under at Grail Castle.
That gave her something to ponder on while she dressed and went down to the kitchen for breakfast.
The King told the three Guenhumara Queen's about Queen Juley being pregnant and told them that she was going to need a lot of moral support.
Not long after, Queen Juley came to the kitchen. Lord Merlin wasn't far behind. Queen Juley asked Lord Merlin for audience after breakfast.
With a constant ear for the gossip, Gwalchmei asked what was going on.
Queen Juley replied, "I just want him to go to my homeland and get written material on prenatal care, fetal development and lamas delivery.
Gwalchmei was puzzled.
King Arthur, being very pleased with himself, announced Queen Juley's pregnancy.
Later Queen Juley gave Lord Merlin a written list and instructions on where he could get the material without any trouble.
As Lord Merlin left on the errand, Queen Juley went to speak with King Arthur in private.
It had been playing on her mind since that incident when Guenhumara Queen Elaine almost got exposed of her affair with Prince Medraut. What she knew was if you cheat, you destroy your marriage and most often with divorce, but this culture was different and she wanted to know what to do. So she took the chance, she spoke with the King about it.
The King explained that not long earlier, there was a problem of men taking wives for their inheritance then kill them. King Perceval's sister was a victim of such practice. In effort to eliminate this problem, he made a law that without proof of adultery, or public accusation, nothing can be done; but if Guenhumara Queen Elaine's adulterous ways behavior was brought out in the open, there would have been a trial by combat and if found guilty, both Guenhumara Queen Elaine and Prince Medraut would have been executed for treason against the crown and the land.
Queen Juley had a hard time understanding, "Why?".
The king patently explained the concept of the King and Queen being synonymous with the land. He went on to explain that it isn't just a superstition because the King and Queen leads the people and if the people see the King or the Queen breaking the law or one of God's commandments and they think that if the King or the Queen is dong it, it must be alright to do it, which undermines civilization and eventually destroys it to the point of anarchy because of corruption. He went on to explain that Guenhumara Queen Elaine was a good Queen, so no one wanted to bring her problem into the open.
She then informed the King of what she intended to do with the data that she sent Lord Merlin for.
The King liked the idea.
Queen Juley's nightmares lightened up but they didn't stop. All during Queen Juley's pregnancy there were night after night that she would wake up screaming or sweating. When the King could not go to her, the Guenhumara Queens went to her. There were meany nights that the King ended up just holding her to calm her down. They did some talking bout what was causing the nightmares. He also sought the advice of Lord Merlin. By the time that she had delivered the baby, the King had a post erected at the castle gate, and when anyone ever asked what was the pole for, he just have a chessard grin but come up with a reason to not say. Only he knew of his oath to himself that, that pole was for Joe's head, for what he did to Queen Juley and the children. He did get great satisfaction from this plan though he knew that he probably would never get the opportunity.
CHAPTER 34
Dan and Cynthia couldn't forget the feeling of soaring through the air, at Castle Ryan couldn't get up the nerve to ask for their boards back. They knew that the King had them so that wasn't the problem, they just didn't want to push their luck, but wanted to, shall we say, "Sidewalk surf" again.
Arrn was helping his father when Dan went to him and put across the idea for making the new boards and maybe a new ramp.
Arrn's father, the smithy, told them that it would have to be cleared with the King but that would also mean that the King would probably pay for the job and they would be able to use a better metal.
Dan decided that it couldn't hurt, the worst the King could do was say no.
CHAPTER 35
The waiting room at the clinic was full of mothers to be, the reception nurse was trying to help a patient fill out some paperwork.
Lord Merlin walked in. Most of the ladies didn't give him a second look, but he got the receptionists attention when he requested to speak with Doctor Lawrence Jamison.
Doctor Jamison was seeing a patient out at that time so he introduced himself.
Doctor Jamison was a little unsure when Lord Merlin him the letter. He opened it anyway. When he found that it was from Queen Juley, he was relieved, happy, curious and all other things involved. He had tried dating her but Joe's interference made any lasting relationship impossible, but he still cared for her. He helped her try to avoid Joe by having Juley teach a prenatal class, in the evenings, to his patients from the time they were determined pregnant to time of delivery. She was maid of honor at his wedding last year.
When he found that she wanted to start another prenatal classes at the place that she was hiding, and that David was starting to talk more and that she found a man that she could be happy with, he was happy for her and glad to be of assistance in obtaining the written data for the classes and he was also very happy to fill Lord Merlin in on what happened to Joe and all about the trial. He even wrote a letter telling her all that had taken place, even about Virna having to go for counseling.
When Lord Merlin left, Doctor Jamison called Mr. Robertson and told him of his strange visiter and the letter that he delivered.
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