Chapter 2
Catherine Percy listened to the tinkling laughter of the woman riding behind her.
Ellen Crawford was young, clever, and certainly beautiful. And she was apparently to be the wife of John Stewart, earl of Athol. By chance, the two traveling parties had met just north of Stirling Castle, and Catherine had been delighted to be able to travel into the wilds of the Highlands in the company of another woman—especially one who had traveled this route before.
Glancing back in the direction of her traveling companion, Catherine wondered to what extent she could seek the assistance of the future countess of Athol. Or for that matter, how much she could reveal to her.
Certainly, Catherine thought, she was no longer in any immediate danger of being captured by the treacherous Deputy Lieu
