Chapter FourteenFALADALE
OCTOBER 1585
I felt the tears burning my eyes as I pushed Kailzie across the Lethan Water. The western hills were darkening yet seemed more welcoming than any of the peel towers or cottages along the valley. It was only a few days since I had returned home and so much had happened in that time that my mind was in total confusion.
I barely knew where I rode that night. I pushed Kailzie above the outfields and into the heather fringe and allowed her to pick her own route after that. To be honest, I did not know what to do.
Even then, deep within me, I knew that things would turn out for the best. I clung to the truth of my vision, I stuck to that truth. Despite my own weakness with Hugh, despite Robert's betrayal with Kate and my mother's abrupt change of attitud
