Only A Highlander (Pine Creek 5) by Janet Chapman

Author:Janet Chapman
Format: mobi
Published: 2010-03-02T00:16:28.484000+00:00

Winter woke up surprisingly calm, considering how disturbing the first half of her night had been. Within minutes of falling asleep, she’d experienced horrific nightmares of murdering thieves slaughtering defenseless villagers, of her frantically searching an unfamiliar mountain for unmarked graves, and of her chasing Matt through a dark void of hopelessness as she shouted his name and cried uncontrollably. But sometime in the wee hours before dawn her nightmares had changed, transforming into a colorful, pleasant dream filled with such promising hope that she was still reluctant to open her eyes and have it end.

She was pretty sure she knew why the nightmares had suddenly vanished, as well as exactly when. Matt had returned in the wee hours, wrapped himself around Winter until only her nose was exposed, and held her in his protective embrace for the rest of the night. In fact, he was still holding her, spooned against her back with his arm and leg thrown across her body, clinging in a way that told Winter just how desperately he needed her.

Because more than needing her help to keep his promise to Kenzie, Winter understood just how desperately Matt needed her to wrestle Cùram de Gairn’s soul away from Providence and give Matheson Gregor back the gift of hope. The chill wind of hopelessness she’d felt when she’d hugged the pine tree—that’s what was really upsetting the continuum, not Matt’s manipulating the magic for his own benefit. Oh, she didn’t deny it had been a selfish act when he had made his pact with Providence to keep his brother alive, but wasn’t Providence just as culpable?

Winter had come to that blasphemous conclusion during her beautiful dream, in which she’d been walking through the woods on Bear Mountain and had come upon a large crow sitting on a stump. She’d had quite an interesting conversation with the crow; Winter asking questions about her calling and the wise black bird providing her with answers beyond anything she could have imagined. In her dream, the crow had taken on the voice of Tom, but Winter dismissed that assimilation because Tom was always carving crows, so of course the one in her dream reminded her of him. Nevertheless, their conversation had eventually led the crow to tell Winter about a shift in the continuum that had occurred nearly a thousand years ago.

Still keeping her eyes closed, Winter frowned at nothing, wondering if it truly was possible for a person to learn stuff in dreams. Because if she could believe what the crow had told her, then she may have figured out how to solve all of her and Matt’s problems—and save mankind while she was at it. The crow had told Winter that the moment Cùram de Gairn had made his pact with Providence, the continuum had immediately realized its mistake and started to alter its ways. Winter had also been surprised to learn that up until her birth, every drùidh to have ever lived had been male. And guardians, oddly enough, were usually female, although that was not a strict policy.

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