Lizzie was terribly worried for Brianna, she had not returned the night before, it had to have been that man she saw grab her, she should have done more really anything to help but she had been too scared.

Leaving the inn she was determined to search for her friend but before she could go very far she quickly bumped into the man she had seen being rough with Brianna. Swallowing down her fear she approached him hoping he wouldn't try anything in broad daylight... although that hadn't stopped him yesterday.

"You! where is she, what have you done with her?"

Rodger turned around confused as to who the woman accosting him was, "I'm sorry?"

"I saw you grabbing her yesterday, lady Brianna, I know you've done something with her and may god forgive me if you have."

"Brianna, you know Brianna?" He looked around and stepped closer to her,

"My name is Rodger, last night Brianna and I were handfast, perhaps I was to rough with her when we met yesterday but I was angry with her leaving me and going on such a perilous journey alone, I would never cause her harm on purpose, I swear when I left her last night she was fine."

Lizzie studied him, trying to decide if she should believe him.

"If you were handfast why leave her?"

Rodger sighed, "she discovered I knew her mother and father were in trouble and hid it from her we had a large row and she ordered me away."

Lizzie decided he looked shamed enough and decided for now to trust him,

"then what has happened to her?" she asks worriedly.

Rodger looks around again double checking no one is listening in on them,

"There is a man Bonnett, he... I think he attacked her. He is dead now and his men are searching for her, thinking she must be responsible, please can you help me look for her, we need to find her before they do."

Lizzie nodded and promised to all she could to help see Brianna safe.

Meanwhile

Murtagh had secured a promise from Brianna to stay put while he went for her parents, together they would be able to smuggle her out of town and back to Fraser Ridge where she would be safe. Unknowingly he passes Rodger and Lizzie in the road on his way to search for his Godson.

Murtagh POV:

It had been interesting talking to Jamie's daughter last night, she had a quality... a fieriness that was being overshadowed by her intelligence and insecurities. She wasna like her mother, no Claire led with her strengths often barreling into situations she felt were hers to command. Brianna wasna so self assured nor confident as to see herself as anyone's savior instead her fight seemed to come from fear and if she didn't get a handle on her anxieties they would take her down, she needed to see who she was and accept it, be proud of it.

I almost regret having to hand her over to Jamie and Claire, they'll shower her with so much love and protection she won't have to confront her scarier sides for years to come if she stay with them. But it is not up to me, she'll have to figure it out for herself I just hope she has the will to and not bend to the instinct to scurry back to something safer and more comfortable, she'll never be all she is if she does that.

And I can see what an incredible person that could be.