Welcome and Happy Halloween! No
ghosts or goblins here. Today Mary Morgan joins us with an excerpt from Dragon
Knight’s Ring. Adam has the painful secret that Maggie is struggling to
remember. Their outing for a picnic by the lake tests his resolve to hold back
the truth. Enjoy the excerpt!
“What do ye mean
we can finish in the morn?” Adam eyed her skeptically.
Meggie stepped away from him. “I
haven’t been riding in a few days, so I thought with the weather being fine, we
could take Fion and Ciar out for a long ride. There’s this beautiful ridge
called Drumbuie. Ye can see Loch Ness in all directions.” She nodded to the basket.
“I’m tempting ye with some food, too.”
Adam dropped the shovel. Grabbing a
cloth, he wiped his forehead. He did not need food to be tempted to go anywhere
with Meggie. He knew the place well, since it had been a favorite of theirs. He
was curious, though, and asked, “Why?”
She grimaced in good humor. “I’m
tired of hiding in the shadows. I want to try and remember.”
Pleased with her answer, Adam
reached past her, his arm brushing against hers—the mere contact made his groin
tighten. Picking up the basket, he whistled for Ciar. “Then I will do my best
to help ye.”
After preparing both animals, they
made their way out of Aonach and headed for the hills. Clouds loomed in the
distance, but Adam deemed they posed no threat to their outing. He let Meggie
set the pace, galloping through heather with naught a care in the world. She came
to a light cantor when she spotted a herd of deer.
“See the females.” She pointed to
the south. “Those belong to Red Brute the stag.”
Bringing his horse alongside her,
Adam shielded his eyes from the early afternoon sun. “’Tis a fine family he has
there. Why is he given the name?”
Meggie twisted in the saddle,
obvious to Adam that she was looking for something. “Bruce named him after some
obnoxious client he had dealt with several years ago. He noticed the stag had
the same attitude and so aptly named him Red Brute.” She laughed playfully. “Though,
knowing Bruce, he meant it in jest. For ye see, he loves all animals,
regardless of their temperament. Oh, there he is! See, up along the rocky edge.
He never strays far from the females.”
Fascinated, Adam watched as the stag
wandered at a leisurely pace and then lifted its head as if sensing their
presence. “Noble animal,” he murmured.
“Aye,” she agreed. “I never tire of
watching them or any animals. They roam with freedom I long for some days.”
Adam’s gaze turned back to Meggie.
He detected a feeling of melancholy in her voice. “Are ye not already free,
Meggie?”
Frowning, she looked away. “Aye, I
am, but I sense…more within me. There are days I can hear whispers of someone
calling my name along the breezes. As if the two worlds—past and present cross over.
I’m bound by this and the other.” She kept her gaze focused on the animals. “And
there’s always these burning questions I carry.”
“Which are?” he asked, bringing Ciar closer to
her and Fion.
When she turned back toward Adam,
her eyes glistened with tears.
Adam’s heart stilled. A strong urge
to tell her everything overtook him.
****
Blurb:
Crusader, Adam
MacFhearguis is on one last quest to the standing stones in Scotland where he
seeks to bury the past. However, a silent prayer sends him to an unknown future
and to his beloved Meggie. When he uncovers a shocking revelation, Adam
questions everything about the woman he thought he knew and loved. He may have
traveled the veil of ages, but time is now his enemy.
Margaret MacKay lives a
life in the future without the memories of her past—her death. When Adam
arrives at her door confessing he knows her, she is confused and wary. With
each passing day, she yearns to learn more from this stranger. Yet, when a truth
is revealed, can she trust the man to unlock the chains from her mind and
heart?
Will love free the bonds
to unite the two lovers who were doomed centuries ago? Or will evil finally
claim victory over the Dragon Knights?
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