course,” Fallon said.
Saffron licked her lips and said, “There are some … things … I have to take care of in London and Edinburgh, namely my bank and credit card companies and other odds and ends. Since we have some time before we can awaken Laria, I’d like to take this opportunity to do these things.”
“Which will in turn prove to your mother and others that you aren’t dead,” Larena said with a smile.
“Precisely,” Saffron said. “My mother will demand proof, so I’m going to give it to her. Now, I know the castle is shielded and can’t be found, but I’ve arranged for a helicopter to pick me up in a few hours.”
When Fallon didn’t respond, she continued. “Nothing I have here is mine. For three years I was at the whim of a deranged lunatic. I need to find myself again, and not just to prove to everyone I’m alive so my mother can’t get to my money. I want to—”
“Shop,” Larena said with a bright smile. “I think that would be a wonderful idea. You have your eyesight back, but like you said, you need to find yourself.”
Saffron couldn’t believe Larena actually understood. She turned her gaze to Fallon. “I won’t be long. I promise. The quicker I’m seen, and by the right people, the quicker this thing with my mother will end. I just need to know a location close by so that I can tell the helicopter pilot.”
“Nay,” Fallon said, and ran a hand through his thick brown hair. “There’s no need for you to hire a helicopter when you have me. Allow me to jump you where you need to go, and it’ll be done much quicker.”
Saffron blinked, surprised by his offer.
“My love,” Larena said as she leaned up to whisper in Fallon’s ear, “I think she’s astonished by your proposal.”
“That she is,” Fallon said with a grin.
Saffron mentally shook herself. “I apologize. I’m just used to doing everything for myself.”
“You’ll find that while you’re here we help each other,” Larena said as she pulled on a pair of black high-heeled boots.
Fallon watched her with his lips flat. “And where are you going?
“Shopping with Saffron, of course. She needs a Warrior with her, and who better than me?”
Fallon rolled his eyes, but there was a lopsided smile on his face. “Any excuse to shop, my love.”
“Most certainly.” Larena’s smile was wide as she jumped up and kissed Fallon before turning to Saffron. “Are you ready?”
Excitement rose within Saffron as she nodded. “I am.”
Fallon pushed off the bed and started toward the door. “We need to tell the other women. They might want to come as well.”
“Tell them,” Saffron said as she hurried to the door. “I’m going to change. I’ll meet you in the great hall in five minutes.”
Saffron didn’t wait to hear what was said as she ran to her chamber and yanked off the sweats. She searched for a pair of jeans and boots. A quick brush of her hair and she was out the door again and on her way to the great hall.
To her surprise Gwynn, Dani, Isla, and Marcail were also coming with them.
“We’re going to have to do this again once this is all over and I can come,” Reaghan said as she glanced up from a map of the Ring of Brodgar. “I’m going to need it.”
Cara stuck her head out of the kitchen and frowned. “If I wasn’t in the middle of baking bread…”
Fallon shook his head while smiling and walked to the group. “Where do you want to go first, Saffron?”
She swallowed, her gaze searching for Camdyn in the great hall. She’d wanted to tell him where she was going, though she had no idea why. But he wasn’t to be found. “London. High Street.”
“It’s a good thing I’ve been there over the last four centuries,” Fallon said as he placed his hand on her shoulder.
The calm of the castle was replaced by thick traffic and so many voices it was hard to hear anything. Saffron looked around and smiled. London. She always loved to shop in London.
“Give us five
Saffron licked her lips and said, “There are some … things … I have to take care of in London and Edinburgh, namely my bank and credit card companies and other odds and ends. Since we have some time before we can awaken Laria, I’d like to take this opportunity to do these things.”
“Which will in turn prove to your mother and others that you aren’t dead,” Larena said with a smile.
“Precisely,” Saffron said. “My mother will demand proof, so I’m going to give it to her. Now, I know the castle is shielded and can’t be found, but I’ve arranged for a helicopter to pick me up in a few hours.”
When Fallon didn’t respond, she continued. “Nothing I have here is mine. For three years I was at the whim of a deranged lunatic. I need to find myself again, and not just to prove to everyone I’m alive so my mother can’t get to my money. I want to—”
“Shop,” Larena said with a bright smile. “I think that would be a wonderful idea. You have your eyesight back, but like you said, you need to find yourself.”
Saffron couldn’t believe Larena actually understood. She turned her gaze to Fallon. “I won’t be long. I promise. The quicker I’m seen, and by the right people, the quicker this thing with my mother will end. I just need to know a location close by so that I can tell the helicopter pilot.”
“Nay,” Fallon said, and ran a hand through his thick brown hair. “There’s no need for you to hire a helicopter when you have me. Allow me to jump you where you need to go, and it’ll be done much quicker.”
Saffron blinked, surprised by his offer.
“My love,” Larena said as she leaned up to whisper in Fallon’s ear, “I think she’s astonished by your proposal.”
“That she is,” Fallon said with a grin.
Saffron mentally shook herself. “I apologize. I’m just used to doing everything for myself.”
“You’ll find that while you’re here we help each other,” Larena said as she pulled on a pair of black high-heeled boots.
Fallon watched her with his lips flat. “And where are you going?
“Shopping with Saffron, of course. She needs a Warrior with her, and who better than me?”
Fallon rolled his eyes, but there was a lopsided smile on his face. “Any excuse to shop, my love.”
“Most certainly.” Larena’s smile was wide as she jumped up and kissed Fallon before turning to Saffron. “Are you ready?”
Excitement rose within Saffron as she nodded. “I am.”
Fallon pushed off the bed and started toward the door. “We need to tell the other women. They might want to come as well.”
“Tell them,” Saffron said as she hurried to the door. “I’m going to change. I’ll meet you in the great hall in five minutes.”
Saffron didn’t wait to hear what was said as she ran to her chamber and yanked off the sweats. She searched for a pair of jeans and boots. A quick brush of her hair and she was out the door again and on her way to the great hall.
To her surprise Gwynn, Dani, Isla, and Marcail were also coming with them.
“We’re going to have to do this again once this is all over and I can come,” Reaghan said as she glanced up from a map of the Ring of Brodgar. “I’m going to need it.”
Cara stuck her head out of the kitchen and frowned. “If I wasn’t in the middle of baking bread…”
Fallon shook his head while smiling and walked to the group. “Where do you want to go first, Saffron?”
She swallowed, her gaze searching for Camdyn in the great hall. She’d wanted to tell him where she was going, though she had no idea why. But he wasn’t to be found. “London. High Street.”
“It’s a good thing I’ve been there over the last four centuries,” Fallon said as he placed his hand on her shoulder.
The calm of the castle was replaced by thick traffic and so many voices it was hard to hear anything. Saffron looked around and smiled. London. She always loved to shop in London.
“Give us five
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