Beatryce Prophecy

Gentle Brother Edik finds the girl, Beatryce, curled in a stall, wracked with fever, coated in dirt and blood, and holding fast to the ear of Answelica the goat. As the monk nurses Beatryce to health, he uncovers her dangerous secret that imperils them all, for the king of the land seeks just such a girl, and Brother Edik, who penned the prophecy, knows why. So a girl with a head full of stories of queens and kings, mermaids and wolves searches for the castle of the one who wishes her dead.