None of us are safe, while he has the Earl’s backing and the English soldiers as well. Sloan has captured a great number of birlinns that were stole... by the enemy and are now ours tae use. He has pledged his clan tae aid us in any way they can and from what I’ve seen so far, we need as many men as we can rouse tae fight.’ Braedon explained and saw that Arabella accepted what he said. ‘There is much to be done then, Braedon. Ha’e yer men rest and they’ll ha’e food and drink brought from the. Beep of a heart rate monitor. Sitting in a chair, sleeping next to my bed, was Emily. It looked like she hadn’t changed her clothes in days. She was covered in dried blood, my blood. She was holding my hand with our fingers intertwined. I squeezed her hand ever so slightly and her eyes sprung open. For several moments we looked into each other’s eyes without speaking. ‘Oh my God, Rick!’ she exclaimed. I was so scared. I thought you were going to die. The doctors told me that you did die,. I wasn't scheduled to be in court at all in the afternoon, and hadn't made any appointments with my clients, so I put a new message on the voice mail - said I was going out early with a sore throat - and headed home.When I got home, of course, I had a message waiting for me on my home machine."You better be faking it," came Sandra's voice through the tiny speaker. "Because if you're trying to welsh on our deal, there will be hell to pay. Not that there won't be anyway." She said it in a happy. Apparently the men attacking the place are terrorizing the people there and breaking into the other closed shops." Do they think this is an organized attack, or just a bunch of guys blowing off steam?" She says it looks like bored kids trying to 'have fun' while they still can, but there's no telling what may happen. After all, if these guys are sick, they may figure they've got nothing to lose." OK, we'll take that into account. We're almost there. I'll call you later and let you know what.