Lady Cynthia of Abertaine is trapped. Not only has her fianc, Sir William Leyborne, not been back to the castle for over ten years, but she's also not a titled Lady. Lord Simon of Cowell, a renegade warlord aligned with Mordred against Arthur and his Knights, has declared himself sovereign over Leybourne Castle and everything that once belonged to Sir William-- including Cynthia. Sir Constantine, Knight of the Round Table, has come to the shire to give Cynthia the news that her fianc has fallen in battle. With him is William's oral will giving all he owns to Cynthia as though they had been...