Highlander In Time 09 - Highlander Returned by Rebecca Preston

Author:Rebecca Preston [Preston, Rebecca]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2021-01-26T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 17

She still felt pretty wretched when she woke in the middle of the morning, but at least she’d slept reasonably well. Brianna felt oddly light, even with the weight of the disease making her body feel heavy… as though a weight had been lifted from her chest. Who’d have thought her therapist was right – that opening up and talking to people was actually a very good idea? Chuckling to herself, she rolled over in bed, realizing that there was a bowl of porridge waiting for her on her bedside table. The servant who’d delivered it must have been very quiet – she smiled as she sat up in bed and set about eating it. Though her appetite was far from its usual self, she knew how important it was to keep eating, to keep herself strong enough to fight off this disease. After all, it wasn’t as if she had any modern medicines to rely on.

What a strange thought – no medicine. No hospital if she got sick, no doctors… only the women up at the Keep. She was so keen to meet them that the illness chafed at her, and once she’d finished her porridge she even tried getting up to take a short walk around the room to see if she was on the mend. But even that moderate effort exhausted her, and she lay back down, irritated and a little frightened. Would the modern nurse up at the Keep know how to treat her if she got any worse? She felt oddly vulnerable, as sick as she was…

But lying down for a little while restored some of her strength, and she forced herself to calm down. She’d had nasty colds and flus before that had recovered without any kind of medical intervention – all she had to do was remember the eternal advice of staying hydrated and getting plenty of rest, and this disease should go away quickly too. It was important to keep her spirits up, though, so she was quietly pleased when a knock at her door sounded not long after her rather tragic attempt at walking around the room.

It was Robert, again. She tried not to read too much into how many visits he’d been paying her lately, though she couldn’t keep the smile from her face as he came into the room and took his usual seat at her bedside. In his hands was a thick stack of what looked like paper or parchment, and he had a smile on his face that made her intensely curious about the contents of the documents he was holding.

“How are you feeling?” he asked first, and she shrugged her shoulders, reflecting on her illness.

“Pretty much the same, honestly. Better after getting some decent sleep,” she added with a smile. “Thanks for talking me down last night. It helped a lot more than you’d think.”

He nodded seriously. “Of course. I’m always willing to listen to a friend in need.”

She stopped a frown from flitting across her face.

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