Much Ado About Highlanders (The Scottish Relic Trilogy)
“How? she thought. How could I possibly be responsible?
Kenna’s mind raced, and then as if stepping out of a fog, years peeled away. She was in the room with her mother, clutching her hand, refusing to be taken away, as Sine’s voice faltered. She moaned in pain. The twins were born the night before. Kenna only saw them in passing.
“Teach her. Tell her what to do.”
Her father’s voice rang in the room. Kenna didn’t know what he meant and who needed to be taught. Women crowded around the bed, fussi...ng, seeing after the patient. Kenna gazed into her mother’s eyes while fighting the tears. She kissed the weak fingers, desperate to show her love, as words would not claw out of her throat.
“Please, Sine. Do it now.”
Her mother’s lips moved. She squeezed Kenna’s hand and mouthed the words. “Go . . . you go now. See your brothers.”
Kenna shook her head. She wasn’t leaving her mother’s bed.
Sine’s gaze drifted over Kenna’s shoulders where Magnus MacKay stood. “Take her.”MoreLess
Kenna’s mind raced, and then as if stepping out of a fog, years peeled away. She was in the room with her mother, clutching her hand, refusing to be taken away, as Sine’s voice faltered. She moaned in pain. The twins were born the night before. Kenna only saw them in passing.
“Teach her. Tell her what to do.”
Her father’s voice rang in the room. Kenna didn’t know what he meant and who needed to be taught. Women crowded around the bed, fussi...ng, seeing after the patient. Kenna gazed into her mother’s eyes while fighting the tears. She kissed the weak fingers, desperate to show her love, as words would not claw out of her throat.
“Please, Sine. Do it now.”
Her mother’s lips moved. She squeezed Kenna’s hand and mouthed the words. “Go . . . you go now. See your brothers.”
Kenna shook her head. She wasn’t leaving her mother’s bed.
Sine’s gaze drifted over Kenna’s shoulders where Magnus MacKay stood. “Take her.”MoreLess
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