A Highlander's Destiny (Digital Boxed Edition) by Willa Blair & Maeve Greyson & Beth Anne Miller & Faith V. Smith

Author:Willa Blair & Maeve Greyson & Beth Anne Miller & Faith V. Smith [Willa Blair & Maeve Greyson & Beth Anne Miller & Faith V. Smith]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Anthologies, Boxed Set, Highlander, Historical Romance, Romance, Scottish, Highland, Highland Warriors, Highlanders, Highlands, Love Story, Medieval Romance, Scotland, Scotland Highland, Scotland Highlands, Scots, Scottish Highland, Scottish Highlander, Scottish Highlands, Scottish Medieval Romance, Warrior, Warriors
Amazon: B00LUCP1WO
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Goodreads: 22773267
Publisher: The Wild Rose Press, Inc
Published: 2014-07-14T14:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 5

Robbie slammed on the brakes, nearly sending his father and brother through the windshield. They were at the foot of their driveway. “1578? Da, have you gone completely daft?”

Ian stared at his father, fury rising within him. He took a deep breath and tried to get his anger under control.

“I asked you to help me find Abby. You told me you could help. You told me we had to leave there, and that you would explain. I didn’t want to leave there, but I listened to you, because you have never led me wrong before. How is this helping? Telling us some bullshit story about time travel and crazed horses? Tell me, Da, how will this get Abby back?”

Duncan did not look surprised by his sons’ reactions. “Robbie, lad, drive us up to the house. Ian, I know that what I have just told you sounds unbelievable. You need to trust me. You could have searched that whole area until you dropped dead from exhaustion, and you would not have found Abby. She’s not there. At least not ‘there’ as it is now.”

Robbie stopped the trailer in front of the barn, and the men continued their heated discussion as they unloaded the horses and bedded them down.

“So you’re trying to tell me that Abby stepped into some kind of time warp?” Ian’s voice was almost hysterical with disbelief.

“That’s exactly what I’m telling you, son. There’s something there, in that very spot by the loch; some sort of gate in the mist that leads to another time. It was there over 30 years ago, and it was there this afternoon. If you can go through it, you stand a chance of finding her. If not, I fear she might be lost forever.”

Robbie, who had been uncharacteristically silent up until now, finally spoke up. “Okay, say this is all true. Why couldn’t Ian go through this time gate when we were looking for Abby just now? We must have crossed over that very spot more than once.”

Ian looked at his brother in shock. “Are you actually saying you believe this? We need to be calling the police, not arguing about time travel! Maybe someone took her—some crazy fan that saw us together or something!”

Robbie placed a gentle hand on his brother’s shoulder. “Ian, we didn’t see any other footprints. There was no sign of anyone else there. Besides, you turned your back on her for a split second. It just doesn’t make sense.”

“Oh, aye. But it makes much more sense that Abby stepped into a bloody time warp,” Ian snarled.

Robbie’s only reply to that was a sharp glare as Duncan spoke. “Robbie’s right, lad. No one else was out there.” Before Ian could argue, Duncan continued.

“Honestly, I’ve no idea how and why the gate works. For whatever reason, it wasn’t the right time just then. Maybe Ian was meant to hear my story first, to be as prepared as possible to go back to another time. I believe with all of my heart that when he returns to that spot, he will succeed in finding Abby.