Leif_A Time Travel Romance by Jane Stain

Author:Jane Stain [Stain, Jane]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: janestain.com
Published: 2018-01-26T16:00:00+00:00

Only later that evening, when Amena had been tucked into bed and Senga was washing the supper dishes, did Leif address Taran’s look of concern at the solemn room he had entered after breakfast.

"Jessica and her friends believe strongly there is still a chance that Amena could come doon ill."

Leif welcomed his brother when he came to stand close to him, and the two of them shared a worried look.

Taran spoke again, addressing Jessica with a tone Leif didn’t like.

“Sae all the measures we hae taken were for naught? How can this be? Either ye hae removed the contagion from the upstairs, or ye hae na. Which is it?"

But Leif didn’t hear Jessica’s response to Taran.

A distinct sound distracted him, a rattling and banging.

Thank God Almighty, the shutters were closed and the doors were barred for the night. Was someone testing one them, or had it been the wind?

Leif quieted his brother with a hand on his arm, and he raised his hand up to quiet the others.

There.

He distinctly heard the clatter it made when you went to open the shutter by the chimney, having forgotten it was latched. Only he didn’t think whoever was trying to open it this time forgot anything. No, they had been testing to see if it was latched.

There went the clatter of the shutter by the front door.

Silently, Leif signaled Taran and Luag to take up their positions at the two doors.

Taran heard it too now. He grasped up his claymore from where it hung on the wall near the front door and took his position.

Luag got his two-handed weapon from the wall near the back door and stood to the side, guarding it.

Leif took the stairs two at a time to get Amena. There was a window in her room, and he remembered with shame how he had argued with his parents about giving up the room closest to them, when she was born.

“But I hae all my targets lined up, Da. ‘Tis important for me tae practice with the bow. Ye said as much yer ownself.”

Leif’s heart was already strained to the brink of breaking by the death of their parents a few months ago. If anything happened to dear sweet wee Amena...

Thank the Lord Almighty, the wee lass was safe in her bed asleep. He quickly picked her up — blankets and all — and took her into the hallway, calling out to the lasses below as soon as he opened the door to the stairs.

“Go intae the kitchen. It has na windows and ye wull be safe.”

But the lasses had vanished. Good. Senga must have already beckoned them into the kitchen. She appeared, and he handed her the sleeping Amena to take in there with her.

Just in time, too, for the noises had changed.

The intruders were testing the back door.

Leif met Luag’s eyes as he took up his own Claymore and went to the other side of the door, both of them at the ready should anyone have a ram capable of blasting through.

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