The older man, Duncan, must have sensed a question in her gaze whilehe stood across the fire from her. “Naught to fuss over, lass. They’re onlyaimed at the bottom of the hill, to see what might be noted about thecomplete effects of this weather.”She nodded and accepted a flask from the lad, Hew.“’Tis only water,” …
Returning to the circle around the fire, Iain found Archie’s gaze settledupon him, his lieutenant’s brow lifted with a vague question, which Iainignored. It was another ten minutes before Daimh and the lass returned.They all but bounded into the cave, as if Daimh had tripped in his last fewsteps. Maggie Bryce had her hands locked …
