“Paul—it’s Jason. Look—plans have changed just a bit. Can you come to Dubai a few days early?” Paul yawned as he said, “Yeah—I think so,” and then more clearly: “Yes. I’ll have to shuffle a few appointments, but it shouldn’t be a problem. What’s up?” “Were you asleep?” “No, but I’ve been going ov...
Much to Maryn’s surprise and dismay, Jesslyn MacCreary and her son journeyed with them as well, deepening Maryn’s doubts regarding her husband’s feelings for the widow. An hour into the journey, Alleck asked to ride with the soldiers that traveled a bit behind them and Daniel approved the request...
And when they’d said what might be their final farewell—tho’ neither had dared utter such aloud—they’d held tight to one another, neither wanting to be the first to break the embrace. And to Branwenn, ‘twas an added blessing that the illness that had been overtaking her these past morns had not o...
Jesslyn asked Laird Donald. The tower church bells were about to begin chiming and she wanted to stand with her husband, as tradition decreed. Daniel had gone up to his bedchamber a moment before to spend these moments with his wife. “Not after he went to meet you in the store tower, my dear. Tha...