In the Barren Ground (41 page)

Tana had gone out into the badlands with Caleb and Jamie, and informed Elliot Novak about Heather MacAllistair’s death, and her role in his daughter’s death. He’d howled like an animal, and even so, part of Tana felt that he’d known all along that MacAllistair had killed Regan.

A ceremony had also been held to ask forgiveness for Jamie and Caleb’s mistakes in plundering the graves of ancestors. The bones themselves were yet to be returned to the band, and when that happened there would be a huge festival, a coming together as the bones were once again laid back to rest in the traditional manner.

By then Destiny would have been born.

By then Tana would be a mother.

And as Tana watched the river mist swallowing her man and the dog in his tracks, she felt she’d done it. She’d come through the crucible, and light lay ahead.

As Marcie had said, the season was turning, the curtains were opening again. All would be fine.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Photo © 2013 Paul Beswetherick

Loreth Anne White is an award-winning author of romantic suspense novels, thrillers, and mysteries. She spent sixteen years in the newspaper business before joining the world of fiction. A two-time RITA finalist, she has won the
Romantic Times
Reviewers’ Choice Award, the National Readers’ Choice Award, and the Readers’ Crown. She is a Booksellers Best Award finalist, a two-time Daphne du Maurier finalist, and a multiple CataRomance Reviewers’ Choice Award winner. Born in South Africa, White now lives with her family in a ski resort in the mountains of the Pacific Northwest—the perfect place to escape reality. Learn more about her online at
www.lorethannewhite.com
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