’ he asked, his feelings for the man clearly showing. ‘We’ve not had any word so far, Iain. If the English ha’e been already fer close tae a w...ek preparing, the same must be happening there. I’m not too worried about them. Don’t ferget, the Irish ha’e joined us, so we ha’e far more men, horse and boat than they think. They’ll attack Tioram and get more than they bargained fer. They Irish are known fer hating the English as much as we do, so they’ll fight tae kill each and every one of them and. Stacy pretended to pout. “You said you’d be here at five.”“Late at the gym. Go on, tell me you don’t like the results,” he said, winking and offering an arm. No argument there.“Whatever,” she said, craning her neck to kiss him again. She loved his boyish grin as he ran a big hand down her back.He broke away and swatted her ass. “Get in bed, I only have an hour. Meeting up with the guys.”This time Stacy’s pout was real. “So what is this, just a booty call?”He laughed. “It’s not ‘just’ anything,. No matter what that decision might be, there would be serious emotional pain and potential adverse consequences. It could affect our future friendship with the people of Perth. If I stay, my grandfather will not be happy nor anyone in the family. It would be devastating for my grandparents, all three of them, to lose their daughter and her entire family. They have other children and grandchildren but I'm the only grandchild named after my grandfather."Sophie, if she left with us, would be. "I don't understand. Where am I? How can I be dead?"The nurse faced the blank wall next to me. "Doctor to Mr. Roy's room, please." Then, to me, "Your doctor will be in to explain everything to you shortly."She just finished when a man of about 25 walked into the room. He had white shorts and nothing else on. His hair appeared to be its natural color and his face was tan as was the rest of his body."Well, Mr. Roy. It's good to see you awake. I suppose you have a lot of questions for me." Yes..