Chapter 97

Stellan rode up to Pèigi's family cottage around noon. Her parents, Barnaby and Nell, and brother, Jock, were preparing to eat and invited Stellan to eat with them, though they didn't have enough to feed all the men riding with him.

"I have some bad news about Pèigi," he said. "You may not want to eat after you hear."

"You found her," Nell asked. "Is she dead then?"

"Aye, though she was barely ali