Ciaran's Bond by Stella Knight

Author:Stella Knight
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Time Travel
Publisher: 0
Published: 2018-07-29T16:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 14

T he look of relief that crossed her expression was so stark that Ciaran felt guilty for not believing her sooner.

"You believe me?" she whispered. "Really?"

"Aye," he confirmed. "I doonae understand it . . . but I believe ye."

He told her about Gabhran's tale of Tairseach, and his initial suspicion of Isabelle. She sat up at this, her eyes going wide.

"He has no idea how right he is," she murmured. "I've caught him studying me a couple of times . . . now I know why."

"I trust Gabhran with my life," he said gravely. "But 'tis best we keep this tae ourselves. Many in the Highlands are superstitious, and a Sassenach rumored tae come from the future will encourage whispers of witchcraft."

Isabelle paled and swallowed hard.

"All right," she said. "Let's keep this to ourselves."

"How did it happen?" he asked, wanting to change the subject, to wipe that look of fear from her expression. "When ye traveled through time?"

Ciaran listened intently as Isabelle told him of a woman named Kensa who took her to Tairseach, the tug of wind that yanked her backward, and Kensa's cryptic words about her not belonging in her own time.

"Have you ever fallen down from a great height?" Isabelle asked.

"I fell from my horse once," he said. "Broke my leg."

"Imagine falling from the height of . . . fifty horses," Isabelle said. "Only at a rapid speed and surrounded by darkness. That's how it felt. And when I came to, I was in that muddy stream. I think . . . I think Fiona may have also traveled through time, that Kensa did the same thing to her."

"Ye will find yer friend," Ciaran assured her, taking in the look of worry on her face. "It may take time, but I can tell how determined ye are.”

"I hope so," Isabelle whispered.

After a brief pause, Ciaran reached out to stroke the silken strands of her hair. She leaned in to his touch, resting her head on his chest.

"What is this future like?" Ciaran asked, continuing to stroke her hair.

Isabelle told him of buildings as high as mountains, carriages powered by things called engines and not horses, small objects called phones that worked like letters, connecting people across great distances. She told him about social changes; women attending university and holding jobs of their own like she did.

He found this all strange and fascinating, but he wanted to know more about her in this future.

“Ye told me ye taught English? At this school of high?" he asked.

"High school," Isabelle corrected, her lips twitching in a smile. “And, yes. But many young people in my time aren't very interested in old books and classics. Every once in awhile, I'll get a student who’s as excited about classics as I am."

"What’s yer favorite of these?" he asked. "These classics?"

“Many of the Greek ones, especially the myths. The one about Orpheus descending to—”

"Tae hell. To rescue the woman he loves," he finished for her. At the surprise that flared in her eyes, he gave her a teasing grin.

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