When Leah’s brow furrowed, he held up a hand to forestall the questions he saw running through her mind. “It’s where I came from, lass. When I came from, to be more accurate. Just over nine years ago, Jesse’s sister, Cate, used her powers to bring me forward in time to save my life. It’s too long a story for now, but I’m sure you’ll hear the whole of it as we prepare for our journey.”

  Too long and too painful for him to recount to the lass. Likely the women of the house would fill her in later.

  Leah chewed on her bottom lip for a moment before making eye contact again. “Is that why you said you’d go back with me? Because you feel like you have a debt to them? I’d hate to think you’re disrupting your whole life because you feel like you have to.”

  He shook his head. It was a debt that was driving him, all right, but not the one the girl feared.

  “Dinna you fret yerself over this, lass. Accompanying you is but a piece of my reason for returning. I’ve my own purposes to be met in going back.”

  Purposes long past due.

 

 

  Melissa Mayhue, A Highlander’s Destiny

 

 

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