A/N: Thank you for the reviews and advice. Buttons7, I'm glad you liked it. And sure, you can be a beta reader. Just email me when you finish reading this. And I'll send you the other chapters. Alanna is gonna be a lady and a knight.
Chapter Two
"Whore!" Lord Alan snarled at his only daughter. Alanna flinched as the whip cracked on her back. She whimpered. She was trying not to scream; for fear that her father would hit her harder than he already has.
"You women are good for nothing except making babies and obeying your men!"
He somehow knew that Alanna wanted to become a knight.
"I-I don't want to," Alanna stammered, "I want to b-become a k-knight,"
"No woman can ever be a knight!" Alan roared, hitting her even harder. Alanna's body shook with silent sobs. The last blow to her head made her faint.
Alanna slowly woke up. Maude was healing her. Thom and Coram stood there.
"Alanna, we have to get you away from here,"
"Not the convent!"
"No, no. Not the convent. I'm thinking of the royal palace. There are guards posted all around the entrance. Lord Alan would never enter the palace by force."
Alanna was silent. In a way, Coram was right. The palace would be safer than here. In their own fiefdoms, nobles can do as they please. In the palace, however, they would have to respect the rules.
"B-but what if he comes?" Alanna asked. Coram hesitated.
"No one can hurt you if you have guards standing outside of your door," he said slowly.
Alanna thought for a moment.
"Alright," she said, sighing, "I suppose that I can go,"
A/N: Kinda short. But I'm trying to make the next one longer. Dunno how. And yes, Roald will die. I'm not saying when.