A/N: Just as a slight warning - I'm not a Lana fan.

Ch 4

Gabrielle often visited the abbey; he liked to pay his respects to the abbess, who was a distant kinswoman to the King himself and to admire the stone church. Which was one of the finest buildings in the area.

The abbess entered almost immediately, while Gabrielle talked with her, Chloe and Peter were talking to a young nun named Lana.

"Yes" Peter assured the nun, with a sad shake of his head. "Gabrielle said that if Chloe cannot find a husband in the next two months, she's to become a nun" he sighed "So far no bridegroom as appeared"

The effect of their invented news exceeded their greatest hopes.

Lana glanced up at Chloe, who was known throughout the area to wilder then any man. The nun's face registered horror. She looked from one to the other; both shook their heads despondently.

While Lana was beautiful, her face always had on a sour expression, which turned away most men. She was afraid of never finding a man good enough for her, so she turned to God.

"A nun" Lana exclaimed, the idea was too awful to contemplate. "But surely..." she began "such haste.... a year or two at least"

"No" Chloe was adamant "My father never changes his mind"

Lana's jaw had dropped open; she tried to swallow.

"Well" Peter continued "I'm sure she'll be happy here, won't you Chloe"

"Oh yes" Chloe said excitedly and then as an afterthought. "Will I still be able to ride and hunt"?

"Hunt?" Lana's eyes opened wide as she tried to take in the idea.

"Occasionally" Chloe suggested, she was a fine horsewoman and had even gone out hawking with the King.

"No, no" Lana murmured; this was terrible news. "Our chief occupation is needle work" she added seriously, the nun's worked together, silently, patiently for hours.

Chloe tried to hold in her laugh. "That's doesn't sound exciting, where's the adventure in that"

"Life is very different here," Lana said anxiously, not seeing how hard it was for them to not laugh.

"I shall miss not being able to wrestle with the boys" Chloe remarked in her easy open way.

But Lana was now past speech and the color had left her face.

Chloe and Peter couldn't help it anymore and started laughing at the ignorant nun.

A nun, me! that is too hilarious for words. Especially the way I've been thinking about the Knight from the hill. The other women from the village had lied about his looks; handsome, could not come close to describing him. I shall need to see him again.

Gabrielle had brought the teasing to an end with an erupt cough.

Chloe and Peter excused themselves politely and left Lana standing there not getting that it was all a joke.

Later that night the abbess explained to Lana that she was mistaken, Chloe would not coming here as a nun.

TBC