Ciaran_A Time Travel Romance by Jane Stain

Author:Jane Stain [Stain, Jane]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: janestain.com
Published: 2018-10-26T16:00:00+00:00

11

Nadia grew anxious as she scrubbed the stew pot in a wooden half-barrel tub of lukewarm water with a rock and a plaid woolen rag that had seen better days. It was nearly dark outside, and Ciaran hadn't come back yet. Was he all right?

The mood among all the women in the kitchen washing the supper dishes was somber as usual. They weren't allowed to sing in the kitchen, only downstairs in the washroom. Everyone was singing out in the great hall, but the song was a sad one for Nadia. It was a fighting song, and all the warriors were in high spirits. All their talk was of attacking the Murray clan.

Gently, Mairee eased her way in between Nadia and Sorcha to help scrub the pot. Mairee’s presence comforted Nadia. She longed to ask after her new friend’s family and her life so far, to get to know Mairee. But she didn’t dare. Best to keep silent and wonder, rather than open one's mouth and be sure of opposition. Because difficult as it was to think of these new friends as potential enemies, Nadia knew beyond a shadow of a doubt that if they had any loyalty to the Camerons, they would hate the Murrays. And Nadia knew she would hate them in return, even though she liked them very much as individuals and had nothing against them, personally. Far from it.

With Mairee's help, the pot was getting clean much faster, and Nadia smiled at her friend whenever they met eyes, which was quite often, there being nothing else to do. They didn't dare speak even about mundane neutral things, lest they interrupt the revelry in the next room.

And then Nadia felt Ciaran's presence in her mind and was both relieved and more anxious. His feelings for her were tender and affectionate and welcoming, which felt wonderful. But the words he formed in their mingled minds alarmed her.

"They wull attack the Murrays tomorrow! We need tae gae! Can ye get oot tae the stableyard in the night?"

In her mind, she rushed into his arms and hugged him tight. "Aye."

He returned their mental hug. "Dinna gae tae sleep yer own self."

She shifted to emotions rather than mental imagery, bathing his mind in her confidence at being able to take care of herself. "Dinna fash. I hae some aught I can take for wakefulness."

Surprising her, his mind shifted immediately to a panicked alarm that was so strong, it made her own heartbeat speed up so that Mairee noticed and looked around for the threat.

Nadia shook her head and gave Mairee an embarrassed smile, as if she’s misheard something banal.

Meanwhile, Ciaran’s mental panic continued. "Some aught the druids gave ye? Nadia, there are big dangers in trusting their magic, ye ken—"

She let him feel her gentle humor at that last line and waited for him to calm down before she answered him in her mind. "Nay, naught from them. Some aught harvested from beans, called caffeine. I hae it in tablets that ye swallow.

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