Page 73 of Awakened By Time

“I believe I do,” Brenna answered.

“Does he love ye?”

“I dinnae ken it. We havenae spoken of love.”

“I see. Ye must tell him if ye truly love him. He’s a good man, Brenna. Do yer best nae to hurt his heart.”

“I wouldnae do that,” she assured Helene. “I do fear fer me own heart, though.”

“Zeke would never knowingly hurt ye,” Helene assured her. “I cannae think of a better man, other than yer brother Dougall.”

“I can see who he is and I believe that the day I met him was the luckiest day of me life, but I’m afraid. What if he willnae take me with him? What if he doesnae believe I belong there?”

“If ye truly love each other, ye’ll find yer way,” Helene assured her.

“Thank you, Helene.”

“Come, let’s serve the food before ’tis cold.”