Highland Soldiers: the Betrayal
“On his way to the door, his mother awoke.
“Where are you going?” she asked.
“I’ve something to do.” His terse answer discouraged further questions. At the door, Duncan turned back with a softening look. “Dinnae fash yourself, Mum. I’ll take care of us.”
He closed the door and started toward the byre, as he muttered, “But I dinnae know how.”
* A few miles from the cottage, Duncan arrived at a burn with steep banks lush with foliage. He tethered his horse by the water and walk...ed along the bank, soothed by the sound of rushing water. As a child, he had come here with his father. Brodie had told his young son that he came here for the aqua vitae, but the words meant nothing to young Duncan. All he cared about was the fun he had climbing the banks of the burn and playing pirate of the high seas. Large boulders were ships. He had many adventures while his father was busy.MoreLess
“Where are you going?” she asked.
“I’ve something to do.” His terse answer discouraged further questions. At the door, Duncan turned back with a softening look. “Dinnae fash yourself, Mum. I’ll take care of us.”
He closed the door and started toward the byre, as he muttered, “But I dinnae know how.”
* A few miles from the cottage, Duncan arrived at a burn with steep banks lush with foliage. He tethered his horse by the water and walk...ed along the bank, soothed by the sound of rushing water. As a child, he had come here with his father. Brodie had told his young son that he came here for the aqua vitae, but the words meant nothing to young Duncan. All he cared about was the fun he had climbing the banks of the burn and playing pirate of the high seas. Large boulders were ships. He had many adventures while his father was busy.MoreLess
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