Rory MacLean stood on the quarterdeck of the Sea Dragon…
Surveying the formidable forty-foot stone wall, Fearchar grinned mirthlessly. “Welcome…
Later that evening Rory entered his new bedchamber, nearly certain…
The men sent to Mingarry Castle returned the next day…
Rory paced the sloping embankment, counting his steps aloud as…
Rannoch Mill sat on the confluence of the River Leven…
That evening, Joanna sat cross-legged on the chest at the…
Thunderstruck, Rory gazed down at Joanna.
Rory joined his family in the solar early that afternoon…
Rory’s family stared at him, scarcely able to believe their…
“Blowing out candles isn’t going to save you, Joanna.”
The morning of the wedding bloomed as sweet and delicate…
Seated beside Rory at the wedding breakfast, Joanna looked about…
Widening his stance, Rory pulled Joanna into his arms, lifting…
Following supper, Rory’s brothers stole the gold buckle off his…
Rory opened the door of their chamber to find Joanna…
The next morning Joanna came slowly awake, not by the…
Dropping to her knees in the loft’s clean hay, Joanna…
They found the friars near Rannoch Mill. Their bodies lay…
The monstrous, diabolical, green-eyed avenger left Joanna dangling over his…
Joanna knew she should jump out of bed that very…
At her aunt’s words, the wooden spoon Raine had been…
Rory had learned in his years of warfare that timing…
The wind sweeping across the loch carried the smell of…
“Your Aunt Isabel wrote that you may know the whereabouts…
They bombarded the sea walls methodically, testing the strength of…
“The incompetence of your guards at Innischonaill cost me my…
Rory caught Joanna’s elbow as they climbed the stone stairwell…