Highland Wolf by Hannah Howell

Author:Hannah Howell [Howell, Hannah]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Fiction, Romance, General, Historical
ISBN: 9780759288164
Publisher: e-reads.com
Published: 2009-04-06T07:00:00+00:00

Chapter Thirteen

It was not easy to lose her guards, for they had indeed become far more diligent in watching her, but Annora finally managed it. Two long days had passed before she had been able to find the time and a safe way to get to the burn, and she intended to search every possible hiding place along the banks. There was no way to guess when she might get another chance, and the very last thing she needed was two hulking men watching her search. Her guards would have reported such actions to Donnell the moment they returned to Dunncraig. Annora shivered just thinking about the trouble that could have brought down on her shoulders.

With yet another glance around to make certain that no one was watching her, she clutched the front of the old hooded cloak Big Marta had loaned her and hurried toward the burn. When she finally reached it, she stared at the water. It ran noisily over the rocky riverbed and it looked cold, but it was not deep enough to be any real threat. Annora felt she would be able to do what she had to do without becoming so afraid that she became too upset and frightened to do it. She even wondered if such a fear could eventually be grown out of, but shook aside that puzzle, for it was not the time to worry and wonder over all her little fears and sad childhood memories.

It was when she reached a shady copse that she knew she had found Mary’s special place. It was several yards away from where the narrow path from the keep met the burn. Annora felt her body fill with the excitement of an imminent discovery. She knew it was foolish to let her hopes rise too high, but instinct told her that she was but a step or two away from the truth about what had happened to Mary. Annora actually wondered if she had yet another gift, one that allowed her to find things. She had always been good at that, but never had it been so important to her to find something.

The shady copse where Mary had often come was a beautiful place, prettily enclosed with tall, aging trees so that not even a person standing in the highest tower of Dunncraig would have been able to see her. It was indeed a perfect place to meet a lover, she mused, especially if the woman was one who was supposed to be dead. If Mary had dressed the right way, anyone who might have seen her would have assumed she was just some maid who had come to the banks of the burn to meet her lover. A few people would fear they were seeing a ghost.

First Annora carefully checked every tree to see if there was a hollow in the trunk similar to the one where Meggie had found the first journal. To her complete disappointment there was none, but she told herself she should not have expected it to be so easy.

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