Outlander Novels & Stories

He's not kidding. I nod. "Dinner's ready." *** 4am. The cabin door rattles with three loud bangs, followed by another three, and then another. It makes me wonder who the hell would come here this early in the morning and why they’re being so demanding. I rush downstairs to find Oliver behind the door and when he opens it, two large men stand glaring at him. “The doorbell is just as effective, you know,” he says sarcastically. “We’re looking for a lady named Bella,” one of them says ignoring his tone, while the other peaks into the house over Oliver’s shoulder. My heart skips as his eyes land on me.

While that man is so close to Elle and watches her face without saying anything which makes her nervous and embarrassed. “Can you move away from my personal space, you are just being so close to me” Elle tells him with a calm tone and that man starts to step back and tells her, “Right… Right… and I forgot to introduce myself. My name is Count Francis. Nice to meet you beautiful lady under the half-moon”. After listening to him, Elle was just confused and looked at him for a while. Then she asked him, “I am not the child to believe that your a ghost, just tell me who you are?”

--- ETHAN ASH PENDLETON I am the ruler. I am the next in line, but before I do it. I need to get married. And that woman is Rose Amber. The woman I want to spend my life with. But seeing myself marrying someone makes me a fool. Hurting her is not part of the plan.