What Was Never His

He had convinced himself that, in time, she would be his.England, 1377.When Sir Hugh de Wrenham dies fighting in France, his closest friend, Sir Edmund de Marney, returns to Norfolk carrying Hugh's sword, his armour-and the final word he spoke.Alice.Edmund tells himself that protecting Hugh's widow is an obligation to the friend he could not save. At first, perhaps it is.But protection becomes attachment.Attachment becomes desire.And when another man enters Alice's life, Edmund begins to believe that something promised to him has been taken away.Desperate to remove his rival, Edmund turns to Maud Copeland and knowledge that should have remained undisturbed. What begins as jealousy draws them towards an ancient Ring and forces Maud to attempt something she does not fully understand.The consequences will reach far beyond Edmund, Alice and the lives caught between them.Because beneath the earth, something is created that was never meant to exist.And some things are buried because they should never be found.What Was Never His is a dark historical supernatural novel of obsession, forbidden knowledge and the terrible consequences of believing love can be possessed. Set against fourteenth-century England, it is a standalone story within The Keepers' Legacy, revealing the origins of a darkness whose influence will endure for generations.