Total pages in book: 107
Estimated words: 99593 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 498(@200wpm)___ 398(@250wpm)___ 332(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 99593 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 498(@200wpm)___ 398(@250wpm)___ 332(@300wpm)
Ryland shook his head. “Nay, a much worse fate. I gave them to Hakon. They are already on their way north with Hakon’s warriors. They will never bother us again and they will forever rue the day they did.”
Esme smiled. “I just realized something Ida had said to me about Clan Purdom being cursed and how it’s believed Claire is the woman heard weeping in the keep. With her daughter returning home, raising a family in the keep, Claire should weep no more and happiness will return to the clan and the curse broken.”
Ryland nodded slowly. “Aye, my mum will finally rest in peace.”
Esme sighed with relief and eased herself against Ryland. “I never thought that Torrance could do anything good in his life, but he did good when he asked you to assume his identity and you did good accepting his offer.”
“There was no way I could refuse when he was offering me the one thing I wanted so badly in my life… you. And when I told him I wouldn’t get rid of you as he demanded but instead, I would keep you as my wife and we would have many bairns together, I could see the anger in his eyes as he took his last breath. He knew he died defeated.”
Tears shined in Esme’s eyes, happy tears. “Your love was strong enough to free me.”
“To free us both of the past, so we could build a strong and loving future together,” Ryland said and took her in his arms and kissed her.
THE END