Thistles and Thieves: Highlander Romance (Troublesome Sister Series Book 2) by Elizabeth Preston

Author:Elizabeth Preston [Preston, Elizabeth]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781682915776
Publisher: Soul Mate Publishing, LLC
Published: 2017-12-05T16:00:00+00:00

She mimicked someone filling a bucket then tipping the water out onto the grassy bank. Okay, for some reason she wanted Juliette to empty the blasted fresh water pool.

Juliette worked at it till she could no longer feel her hands. Her feet stung from the cold. At least the icy water was soothing her mosquito bites and mayhap relieving the swelling. Her cut hands would also probably benefit. She would do what Ness wanted, but she would not be leaving without a full bucket of fresh water for Kenneth, and mayhap even Angus, to enjoy.

Ness stretched back on the grass and watched Juliette work. Juliette must have removed about fifty buckets of water before she looked up again. There was a pungent odour in the air. Something smelt like burnt grass. She looked directly at Ness. Ness was smoking. She had a man’s small clay pipe between her lips.

Juliette shovelled the water out of the pool and watched Ness smoke. Slowly Ness’s eyes began to close. Every now and then, she opened them again, just to make sure that Juliette was working as quickly as she could. By now, the water level in the small pool of water was down to her mid-calf, and she could see what lay beneath.

She wasn’t cold anymore, although she was, of course, sodden. Ness squeezed more of her herb mixture into her small clay pipe and carried on smoking, her eyes closed much of the time. Juliette thought about running away, but where would she go? And anyway, Kenneth was in the cave tied up, and the outlaws might make him pay for her escape. And there was Angus to think of.

Juliette looked over at Ness again. This time she really did appear to be dozing. Juliette started to climb from the rock pool, but Ness must have heard. She bolted up, delved into her sack, and threw a strange metal spear at her feet. The spear had a very short handle. Juliette had never seen anything like it. The strange spear had five prongs like fingers that forked at the end. The large hand-like thing had clearly been forged by a smithy. It reminded Juliette of a skeleton’s hand with long, sharp-pointed fingers.

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