As Martin sat in the carriage with his Father, he looked up to nothing more than having Marie in his arms. He wanted to surprise her with the completed paint work. He had finished it after they made love, and was going to show her the next day, but that very evening his father had informed him they needed to go to Scotland. They had some land disputes to settle yes, but the main issue was that Luke had some how gotten a very seductive bartender's wife pregnant after he had spinned lies of him being the next Duke of Kent to her ears.
Her husband had discovered the affair, beaten Luke to a pulp and had him thrown into a smelly prison even pigs would reject. It was a wonder that the man had not killed him. They had arrived, paid the man heavily, before finally
