![]() ![]() ![]() In the meantime, another man is captured and incarcerated at the abbey, where only the current abbess and her nuns are left to help him. They are soon followed by Josse and Helewise, who hope to find Ninian and tell him that he can return because he is no longer accused of murder. When more miscreants are killed, the sovereign's lackeys launch a search for the killer, and Meggie and her new friend flee to France. Ninian’s love, Little Helewise, is pregnant, and Josse’s daughter Meggie is involved with a foreigner who is suspected of the murders. His son Ninian is still in France, entangled with a religious group hunted by the powers that be. The woman he loves, former abbess Helewise, is moving back to her cell near the abbey to help the sick and starving. Josse has his own problems feeding his people. When the bodies of three such men are found buried near the abbey, one of them with strange marks carved into his chest, the sheriff asks for help from Sir Josse D’Acquin. With England under an interdict from the pope, King John is squeezing every penny from his people, leaving many starving and homeless. ![]() The brutal reign of King John makes life difficult for all England, including the people who live in and near Hawkenlye Abbey. ![]()
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