Chapter 128

Ravenscroft came down the stairs and looked around for Catrìona. He saw her clothes, but didn't immediately see her waiting for him; until he looked at his pillory. She was bent over which is what made it harder for him to see her. Her head and hands were laid in the bottom of the holes; he had only to bring the top board down and she'd be trapped. He kept it low to bend his prisoners down, almost