Embraced By A Highlander by Donna Fletcher

Author:Donna Fletcher
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Publisher: 0
Published: 2017-11-28T18:30:00+00:00

CHAPTER 19

Hannah ate the morning meal in the Great Hall alone, her husband nowhere to be found. He had promised her that he would share the meal with her. No, she was wrong. He had not promised… he had simply said aye. What had happened to take him away from her?

When Helice told her she had no idea where he was, Hannah had searched the keep. She had even tried the door to the east wing, but it had been locked. She had no recourse but to wait his return.

The Great Hall was much too quiet. With the rainstorm, Imus and his men could not work on the door and she could not venture to the village in the heavy rain. She was trapped here and that would not have been bad if her husband was here with her, but she was alone.

When Helice came to collect the remnants of the meal, the woman shook her head and scolded. “You need to eat more.”

Hannah’s appetite had returned to what it once had been, but worries had a way of making it wane and remaining so until whatever worried her was settled. While numerous worries plagued her, there was one concern she chose to address now.

“I want peace between us, Helice,” she said and raised her hand to still any response. “When I am finished you may speak.” Helice pursed her lips and rested her arms on her ample chest and Hannah continued. “Your home is here and I have no wont, now nor did I before, to change that. What I would like is for us to be friends.”

Helice remained stoic, not speaking or moving.

“Is that possible?” Hannah asked, knowing it would take work, not even sure if she would be here to see it done, but determined to give it a try. For a moment, Hannah thought the woman would remain silent, then she took a step closer to the table.

“You speak to me as one familiar with directing servants and your knowledge is considerable… for a peasant. Your hands show no signs of hard work, yet peasant families work the fields together. You are no crofter’s daughter. When you tell me who you are maybe then we can become friends.” She picked up Hannah’s bowl and tankard and turned.

Hannah words stopped her before she could take another step. “You have your reasons to keep secrets and I have mine.”

“Secrets can destroy.”

“Like they do to this keep?” Hannah asked.

“Aye, secrets crumble this keep. When you discover them will you stay or will you run?” Helice turned and walked out of the Great Hall, as if no answer was necessary, as if she already knew it.

Hannah thought on Helice’s words. Was the woman trying to warn her that she may not be able to live with the secrets harbored here in the keep? Could they be that bad?

She decided to go to her husband’s solar and look around. His drawings had shown promising improvements to the keep and at least one small one had already begun.

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