The Lay of the First Minstrel - Queen of the Angles

The following story did not make it into the novel, An Involuntary King: A Tale of Anglo Saxon England, but it remains one of my favorite treatments of the novel's heroine, Queen Josephine. The second, which did make it in, is the encounter between her and the mercenary Elerde in the woods near Keito Uxello. I had a lot of trouble warming up to Laura's Josephine, but the more Laura advocated for her strength, the more I liked the woman. To see how much she changed, take a look at the Old Stor...