Highland Captive (50 page)

“At
first I thought it was a dream but now I am certain it was a vision, another
one about that mon with the mismatched eyes.” She carefully set the apple on a
wooden plate and sliced it for Walin.

“Ye
have a lot about him, dinnae ye?”

“It
seems so. ‘Tis verra odd. I dinnae ken who he is and have ne’er seen such a
mon. And, if this vision is true, I dinnae think I e’er will.”

“Why?”
Walin accepted the plate of sliced apple and immediately began to eat it.

“Because
this time I saw a verra angry gray-eyed mon holding a sword to his throat.”

“But
didnae ye say that your visions are of things to come? Mayhaps he isnae dead
yet. Mayhaps ye are supposed to find him and warn him.”

Morainn
considered that possibility for a moment and then shook her head. “Nay, I think
not. Neither heart nor mind urges me to do that. If that were what I was meant
to do, I would feel the urge to go out right now and hunt him down. And, I
would have been given some clue as to where he is.”

“Oh.
So we will soon see the mon whose eyes dinnae match?”

“Aye,
I do believe we will.”

“Weel
that will be interesting.”

She
smiled and turned her attention to the need to fill her very empty stomach. If
the man with the mismatched eyes showed up at her door, it would indeed be
interesting. It could also be dangerous. She could not allow herself to forget
that death stalked him. Her visions told her he was innocent of those deaths
but there was some connection between him and them. It was as if each thing he
touched died in bleeding agony. She certainly did not wish to become a part of
that swirling mass of blood she always saw around his feet. Unfortunately she
did not believe that fate would give her any chance to avoid meeting the man.
All she could do was pray that when he rapped upon her door he did not still
have death seated upon his shoulder.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Hannah
Howell is an award-winning author who lives with her family in Massachusetts.
She is the author of twenty-eight Zebra historical romances and is currently
working on a new Highland historical romance,
HIGHLAND SINNER
, coming in
December 2008! Hannah loves hearing from readers and you may visit her website:
www.hannahhowell.com.

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