Love Knows Not Time: An Outlander Tale

by Western Gal

Catriona Allan went to Scotland to visit her father's relatives over the summer of 1947.. Before long she found herself in the middle of the rising of 1745. She meets and falls in love with Jeffrey Foster, a Major in His Majesty's army. Before long Catriona has to make a choice, go back to her own time or stay with the man she loves in a time not her own.

1. Prologue

Love Knows Not Time: An Outlander Tale

Prologue: Scotland,1947

My name is Catriona Allan . I came from North Carolina to visit some of my father's relatives here. My ancestors came to America after the rising of 1745. They would have died if they had not escaped Scotland. I am going to visit the stones at Craigh na Dunh today. Great Aunt Lilitdh has said that there are rumours and stories that people disappear through those stones and go to a time not their own. Personally, secretly I don't believe her, but who knows. They could be true. I'm never sure what to believe about many of these old wives tales. This place is so beautiful, though. But it has a kind of eerie stillness and quiet about it that I'm not totally sure I like. You might find hobgoblins and fairies here if they existed, which they don't, of course. If they did, I would not know what to think. There is a stone circle just like this place on Ocracoke Island back home. I think I'll go pick some of those flowers there to take to Great Aunt Lilitdh. Whoa, what in the world is happening, Catriona said as everything started to spin around and around. Well, it's happened, Catriona said when everything stopped spinning. Where am I, I wonder? All of a sudden she saw British soldiers in red coats rushing by in the woods. And all of a sudden she knew what had happened. I have gone back in time. The stories weren't just old wives tales. And those men I just saw might see me as an enemy. I had better tread carefully. The first thing I have to do is find shelter and proper clothing, she said as she started walking.