Luke drove fast on a long empty stretch of minor road. He was furious with himself for getting involved in a heist with so many unanswered questions attached. He should have pressed Tam for more information and pulled out when the Scot refused to give it. Instead he had rushed headlong into almost suicidal danger, blinded by the goal he had set himself of buying land in order to help his people. He cursed the gorgio society that had caused gypsy travellers so many problems. He railed at travellers for accepting the unacceptable and shackling themselves to fixed sites. His task to free them was impossible. The only people he could work with were dodgy characters like Tam McBride who had no other aim than making money for themselves. The plight of gypsies didn"t touch them. He should have

