Time of a Highlander (Arch Through Time, #12) by Baker Katy

Author:Baker, Katy
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Katy Baker
Published: 2020-04-01T16:00:00+00:00

BLAIR STARED IN STUNNED silence. Georgie, covered from head to toe in dust, holding a bronze chisel in one hand and a hammer in the other, looked like some wild wraith from a folk tale. But this wasn’t what quickened his breathing and sent an odd combination of dread and excitement coiling in his belly.

No, that was caused by the towering arch that reared above her, once broken, now whole.

How had Georgie done this? Alone, and in so short a time?

The arch was difficult to look at, seeming to defy the eye. Now that the second of the concentric arches was complete, he could see the whole thing for the first time and he realized that its construction defied logic. It was oddly twisted, and whenever he roved his eyes across it, the angles didn’t seem to quite add up, as though they ended where they shouldn’t and began where he didn’t expect.

“Blair?” Georgie said. She raked a hand through her hair and turned to look up at the arch, seeming a little confused. “What’s going on? I...don’t remember very much. It just sort of...happened.”

Blair walked towards her but stopped short of stepping under the stonework. He held out his hand. “Come away. We dinna know what it might be capable of.”

She took his hand and allowed him to lead her a few steps away where they turned and examined the structure from a safe distance. Blair shook his head in astonishment. This morning the arch had been a ruin. This afternoon it looked as pristine as it had when the Fae had first constructed it.

“What did ye do?”

Georgie looked from Blair to the arch and back again. “I...I don’t know,” she replied, confusion and fear in her voice. “I was examining the stones and studying the plan when it all started to make sense. I could feel the shape within the stone. I could almost hear them talking to me, telling me what needed to be done. I...can’t remember much of what happened after that. Instinct took over I guess.”

She gazed up at the arch, seeming to see it fully for the first time. He watched her as realization dawned in her deep brown eyes. She’d constructed a Fae archway in less than a day—a feat nobody should be able to achieve.

“My God,” she whispered, her eyes widening. “What have I done?”

And that was the question, wasn’t it? She looked so bewildered that Blair longed to enfold her in his arms and tell her everything would be all right. But he couldn’t do that. Not until they figured out what was going on here.

Irene MacAskill had brought Georgie here for a reason.

Then it hit him.

“Ye are a Builder,” he breathed.

Georgie looked at him quizzically. “No I’m not. I’m no good at bricklaying and you should see my efforts at plastering. I don’t—”

“That’s not what I meant,” he interrupted. The more he thought about it, the more sure he became. Nothing else made sense. “Tales of the Fae are as old as time, woven into the fabric of the Highlands.

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