Mildryth must come to terms with having fallen in love with a warrior. Coenred returns to her battered, bruised, and bleeding, but he is alive. More than that, his vitality and she physical strength suggest that he will survive his wounds. It is left to Mildryth to tend him and think about where their love might take them in this turning world

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