Highland Hunger
“murmured Raibeart as he looked at Dunmorton. “Looking at it, ye would ne’er think that some madmon is holding eight innocent people in cages set in the dungeon and is taking their blood to make potions.”
Una looked at him and then returned her gaze to the keep. It chilled her to even look at the place. She was outside, lying on the ground beside Raibeart, with a dozen armed MacNachtons but a few feet away, and yet she was still suffering the bitter taste of fear. It was going to take a long tim...e to recover from what had been done to her at Dunmorton, and she had not suffered as badly as some of the others.
“My friends are going to need a long time to heal from this,” she whispered and reached out to clasp Raibeart’s hand.
“They will have it,” he promised. “They will be kept safe. Ready?”
“Aye.” She studied the walls for another moment. “If Angus has returned already, then the laird didnae consider anything the mon said worthy of changing his guard in any way. ’Tis just as it was when I left here.”MoreLess
Una looked at him and then returned her gaze to the keep. It chilled her to even look at the place. She was outside, lying on the ground beside Raibeart, with a dozen armed MacNachtons but a few feet away, and yet she was still suffering the bitter taste of fear. It was going to take a long tim...e to recover from what had been done to her at Dunmorton, and she had not suffered as badly as some of the others.
“My friends are going to need a long time to heal from this,” she whispered and reached out to clasp Raibeart’s hand.
“They will have it,” he promised. “They will be kept safe. Ready?”
“Aye.” She studied the walls for another moment. “If Angus has returned already, then the laird didnae consider anything the mon said worthy of changing his guard in any way. ’Tis just as it was when I left here.”MoreLess
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