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He felt it first. A sensation he could remember but…
“I’m waiting for Maclean.”
Maclean reached a village. It was a mere two dwellings…
This is a mistake, Brian had said.
Bella slid the vegetables into the pan. They would cook…
The wind was cool and scented with heather and earth.
Bella didn’t know what to do or think. First the…
Maclean was in a good mood, too. He had gotten…
Bella had been working all day, shuffling through her pieces…
The screen was black and there was not a sound…
His voice! She jumped up again and spun around. Nothing.
To Maclean’s relief, Ardloch was still thirty miles across the…
Just as Bella remembered, the Ardloch Folk Museum was well…
Maclean walked with long furious strides. He didn’t know where…
Bella spent a useful couple of hours in the Ardloch…
The remainder of the journey home was uneventful. Bella was…
Maclean stared at the glow in the Aga. It had…
Bella’s pink waterproof jacket was hanging on the hook by…
A rattle of stones as someone jumped from the lower…
Water dripped down the walls, oozing to a floor that…
Bella drove slowly, the car rattling over the potholes. The…
The water was hot and soapy, and after all their…
Maclean stood by the wall near the Cailleach Stones and…
The drive down to Inverness was slow—there was no direct…
Siren was far more friendly-looking and better lit than the…
Mrs. Forsythe had that English upper-middle-class reserve that Bella knew well…
Brian put down his cell phone, his hands shaking so…
“You have what you wanted, then?” Mrs. Forsythe asked curiously.
Brian did not see the woman at first, she just…
They slept late and the journey home seemed longer than…
They slept late and the journey home seemed longer than…
There was something heavy resting on her legs. Bella lay…
The loch monster was coming. As he ran, Maclean could…
“I thought you were dead,” he kept saying. “I don’t…
It was Samhain. Hallowe’en. Bella had not known the date’s…
The Fiosaiche strode through her cathedral. Morven Maclean had been…