A/N: Special thanks to my fabulous beta, CanaceErinn! Hugs to my girls who inspired me to write this in the first place! Without y'all, I never who have attempted to write something like this at all…I love you all!
Sunlight glinted off the silver. The intricate carvings were all subject to the hard, long gaze of the sun…no one else dared to stare at him for any longer than necessary, lest they know his wrath. The courtyard was silent, almost deathly so. The only noise present was that of the swishing of his long, stately cape, which billowed behind him every step of the way.
Baldwin did not know that his movements were being followed every way he stepped. Four sets of eyes – blue, grayish blue, green, and even one of hazel – watched the king pace back and forth in front of Reynald de Chatillon. Silently squealing, the eyes kept their intense gaze attached to the scene playing out in front of them; every movement, every breath he made was intensely scrutinized by the eyes, which remained unknown and hidden to the masked ruler. Had he realized how strongly he was being watched, it would surely mean imprisonment or even death for the keepers of the eyes.
click!
"Hey! Why'd you turn it off!" Mimi turned to the person controlling the vcr controller, her demanding green eyes piercing into her friend's.
Placing the controller on her lap and crossing her arms, Jenay turned her head ever so slightly to look at Mimi. "You were drooling and squealing a little too much for comfort, Mims. I couldn't hear his breathing with your constant squealing! I didn't form this club to listen to you!"
"Girls! Stop!" Raissa snatched the controller from Jenay's lap. "I want to watch Baldwin, not listen to you two bickering again! If we can't get along any better than this, we should just disband the Sisterhood of Mad Pervy Baldwin Love!"
Closing her grayish blue eyes tightly, Marcy leaned back against the couch and listened to the other girls bicker about nothing. I hate it when they argue…we might as well not watch this movie together anymore, if this keeps happening. Oy.
Jenay and Mimi both silently looked at Raissa. Without saying a word, they all knew it would be for the best in the long run. Friends since high school, the three girls had gone to see Kingdom of Heaven one summer's day and found that instead of falling for the lead character as was always the case, they were really digging the king of Jerusalem, the leprous Baldwin IV.
Swallowing slowly, Jenay spoke first. "If that's what's best for the sisterhood, then so be it."
"I guess so…" Mimi agreed, pursing her lips as she contemplated the absence of the sisterhood from her daily routines.
"So are we all in agreement to disband the sisterhood?" Marcy asked, speaking for the first time since the argument started.
The other three members looked at one another and nodded.
As the leader and founder of the sisterhood, Jenay closed her eyes briefly. "Then there is no other choice and we are all in agreement. I hereby declare the Sisterhood of Mad Pervy Baldwin Love officially disbanded."
…and so it was. The Sisterhood of Mad Pervy Baldwin Love was disbanded permanently that summer day.
Or so they thought.
Events beyond their control would bring these four girls back together in a time of need. They needed each other and because of a masked king who ruled Jerusalem centuries early, the sisterhood would once again rise from the ashes of that fateful argument.