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“All is well,” she said gently

He turned sharply at the sound of her voice, as if he had forgotten she was there He was frowning, those dark broered over his brilliant eyes

Meg smiled “Whenever I’ve been away, and I come home to see Glen Dhui like this, laid out beforeall the peaceful lives being lived out within it, all the fa in its place and as it should be I know then that all is ith my world”

The frown had gone, though his face was still drawn tight by eainst his pale skin He could easily be an outlaw, thought Meg, and a desperate one at that!

“Has it changed in twelve years?” so prompted her to ask

He shook his head, not taking his eyes from hers

“I pray…I trust this ho will not be too painful for you, Captain”

He hesitated briefly, and then turned back to the glen In that azed at it with the savage hunger of ati longing that Meg could barely iine

“Och, no,” he said, his voice gruff and raw, “’tis not too painful for o, before Duncan comes to fetch us?”

Meg hesitated The for for his home, but he did not want her to feel sorry for him Instead he len to his forony for them both

Meg knew she couldn’t do it Not like that His hootten over with quickly

Herher heels into her mare’s sides The tired animal reared, and then put her head down and flen the turning road, down the steep hill, down into the glen

She heard his shout behind her—anger, surprise or sheer wild excitement? She wasn’t certain which, only that the thud of his horse’s hooves was quickly following When she glanced back, she saw the shape of hi her

Her blood dru found herself laughing aloud

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