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CHAPTER 16 Two weeks ago: David couldn’t keep her out for long. It was after the third time the Beast took him that Sally read the pamphlet Jane had given her. After the section on Hettie of the Hedgerow, Sally flipped forward in the pamphlet to the next chapter where she found the section on the ‘Curse of the McCavendish family.’ The chapter was on Phantom Black Dogs of the Highlands and the Gaelic mythological hound Cù-Sith in particular. It was the last section of this chapter that opened her eyes to the complicity of everyone who lived in Dunballan, including Jane. It was here that she learned something of the dark burden of David’s family:

I told her where I was from and what it was like to live in Scotland, how beautiful and free it was there. “It’s good here too, but that’s where my home is.” Mountains, castles, sea. Scotland for me is the personification of freedom. In Russia, your territory is increasingly flat, but in ours it’s the opposite. Our clan has its own castle with an adjacent forest area, so that you can safely and without fear turn around. You will see everything soon, Yarus. You’ll definitely like it there, I’m sure,” he smiled openly at her. She frowned and frowned again, but I burst out laughing.

She certainly had a talent for it. Maddie walked past the many books, not because she was really looking for something, just looking at what appealed to her. Suddenly she noticed a book about the Scottish highlands. She took it to the large sofa by the fireplace and leafed through it. A number of photos caught her eye. A large lake called Loch Rannoch, an island with only a church tower sticking out. She wondered why that had caught her attention. How beautiful it must be there! That nature! She could almost imagine what it must feel like there.

And it was also on the anniversary that they were able to get the sex. Nessie looked at her palm and found herself confused. She went and got her aunt for a second opinion. Siobhan never had the gift, but had learned palms and cards. Many tourists assumed that everyone in Scotland could read palms. Siobhan often joked that she had the class between maths and reading. With a straight face, Nessie agreed and that it was part of the curriculum. “Oh, yeh know. The four R's. Reading. Writing, not an R. Arithmetic, also not an R. Ripping idiots off.”

Wandering the Dubai streets alone when I could be back in Los Angeles with Olivia, probably annoying her while she worked on Cornerstone materials. I replaced the book and moved to the travel section. Coffee table books displayed stunning photography from around the world. Iceland, Peru, Thailand, and New Zealand. Places I'd been for business but never really seen. "That one is beautiful," an elderly woman said beside me, pointing to a book about the Scottish Highlands. "I went there once, many years ago. The photographs don't do it justice." "Is that right?" "Nothing compares to standing on those cliffs, feeling the wind, smelling the heather." Her eyes grew distant with memory. "You should

Now I had him. “Canada’s closer. The Scots who came over probably built lots of castles to remind them of their homeland.” I was improvising madly. Those poor crofters were more likely to have begged at the servants’ entrance after having been driven from their land. “Do you speak French?” he asked. “I like their way of kissing.” I went on to demonstrate, wondering if I’d gone too far when he pinned me to the rocky wall. “Show me more,” he urged.

"He'll be busy the next few days, lots of business people coming through, meetings and things, so just use Margaret if you need anything. She'll sort you." *Lots of business people.* I thought about a stsff with a short skirt and paperwork and shook the image off. "Noted," I said. "Also." Her voice went somewhere specific. "The lingerie." "Brynn..." "I'm just saying. You're in Scotland now. New chapter. Mr Right is out there somewhere in those hills wearing a kilt, making good decisions and when he appears..." "There are no kilts, Brynn." "You don't know that." "I'm almost certain..."

"Scottish survival." Ines nudges my arm gently. "You should come." "I have reading." "You always have reading." She smiles softly. "And sometimes you should have wine instead." Ten minutes later we're walking through damp Edinburgh streets toward the nearest pub. The building is warm, loud, and smells faintly of wood smoke and beer. Classic. We find a small table near the window. Priya raises her glass dramatically. "To Céline." "Why me?" "Because you're the newest victim of Scottish academia."