Snow Raven
“Besides, concentrating upon mundane domestic affairs helped her deal with the inherited pain of her new position. She itched to dispose of incidental items belonging to the late Lady Lindsay, but knew it would be unwise to test her husband’s temper so early in their relationship. She contented herself with a thorough scrubbing of Auchmull, fore to aft, great hearth to turret, and tumbled into bed exhausted after the labors of the day. She worked as hard as any of the staff, if not more diligent...ly, letting the castle serve as an outlet for her frustrations and building loneliness.Ran was gone much of the time in the following weeks, concerned with matters in the demesne and quelling the threat of Lindsay retaliation. His kinsmen firmly believed Macleans were responsible for the attack on the wedding party, though the dead had never been identified and in the end were given anonymous but sanctified burial in a small plot at Auchmull. One of the slain’s resemblance to the chieftain of a small Maclean sept, the Padons, led to the speculation they were mercenaries hired by their more powerful relatives to harry Lindsays in the hope of provoking another flare-up of the age-old feud.Certainly the colors they wore were false.MoreLess
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