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Lily tried to keep her composure " Could you share with the rest of the class please?"
The blond turned to her, appearing almost perplexed that Lily would speak unsolicited, and declared in a peremptory tone, "If you would but please to let us think"
The black-haired warrior whom Lily now realized was named Ewen looked at her distractedly "Tell no one what you have just told me"
"What did I tell … ?"
Ewen didn ’t let her finish "Hush, lass! The year is 1654 "
That shut her up Clearly she was dealing with soed side and they earing some peculiar costu with men who had only one foot in reality
A snippet of Graht of that fey lad who clairand The lyrics were simple, but who knew, maybe there were people out there ould actually believe a ballad about time travel when they heard it, and she ’d stu to get whisked back for real Either way, Lily had to figure out how to get out of there
Looking around the rooured that lass anyway She knew that unlike Americans, most people in the world didn ’t have forced central air and a television in every room
The blond leaned toward her and whispered almost frantically, "That maze is a doorway of some kind I was but fifteen when it took me "
He turned to Ewen and continued, "If you do the calculations, it’s clear that the years do notis based on the stars It would stand to reason that to voyage through tih the stars Oh truly, Lochiel, a fronte praecipitiuaped at the dandily dressedLatin
He aar terms, you are betwixt a rock and a hard place,this anonymous woman to her own place and tied panic
"Och, I know the Latin, Robbie A precipice in front and wolves behind, aye? Don’t be daft Soe to the life in front of you Your Latin is of no use to es " Ewen paused "Tell me, did you burn her clothes as I asked?"
Lily screeched, "You did what?" She was now terrified Neither ies, Ewen, I suppose I can be a bit of a helluo librorulared
Robert added hastily, "The sweater and shaere acceptable The breeches, though"--he sighed wistfully "those I was forced to surrender to the smithy ’-- s fire and a true shame it was I ’ve never laid eyes on such finely crafted ine?"
That did it So these ht that all women should wear only dresses Weird historical reenact her Levi 501s was entirely another issue Adrenalin puh her She tried to appear casual while she searched the roo and an easy exit She prayed that there were other people in the house and not just these wackos The nightgownto soht, she ht be sympathetic and offer help
She had seen a few ined in horror that she had stumbled into some sort of bizarre anachronistic Scottish man-cult with a penchant for daht off the wave of nausea that washed over her at that thought Keep it together, Lily, she thought You ’ve seen enough newswith nuts like this You just need ti away in your skull
She irl voice and asked sweetly, "Do you have any Advil or aspirin? My head is killingquestion That set Ewen off "You silly lass! You ’ll be taken for either a witch or a lunatic unless you keep your randfather took Robert as his ward after he fell through that cursed maze And now Robbie, my uncle, and I remain the only ones who know the truth of it"
His voice held a note of adrandfather what spared hi out of the sky and onto a glen in Letterfinlay"
Robert also had a run-in with that hideous ain into her head "Upon Letterfinlay soil he did land, Clairand…" She didn’t understand as going on Did they actually know that song? For a fleetingcrazy, or that she had found herself in the past, or had even been there all along She shook her head--ti of fantasy These men were clearly deluded and apparently had the ard Gore of my tale "
"Aye lad" exasperation flickered a moment in Ewen ’ -- s eyes "the witch Gorain pinned Lily with that dark blue gaze "Now lass, listen to er in your own time, and I don’t knoe’re to do with you, and with that strange accent "
"Look who’s talking," Lily rip on the chin
"Mind ure out how to explain you First, where are you froes do you speak?"