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Authors: E.B. Brown
on her tongue, but akin to a confirmation of reality. It took her a few moments to compose herself before she could reply.
“Two thousand twelve. The year 2012. That’s what it was when I left,” she answered. Winn uttered a sharp retort in response but otherwise kept silent. The older woman knelt down beside Maggie and patted her hand. Maggie could not help but smile at the comforting gesture.
“It must be very different, the time you come from,” Teyas said, her eyes wide.
“Yes, I guess it is,” Maggie agreed. She looked up at Winn. Although the two women settled down beside her on the furs, he kept his distance, arms crossed and legs planted in a rigid stance. “Where am I? I mean, what is this place called? None of this makes sense to me.”
“We are the Paspahegh people, of the Powhatan tribe. This land is called Tsenacommacah, where all Powhatans live. Does that have meaning to you?”
Maggie swallowed back the lump in her throat as she nodded. Yes, it did have meaning, but it still seemed ridiculous.
“Teyas, I don’t understand how this happened, how I got here. I just really want to go home.”
She noticed Winn stiffen when she made the confession. Why did it matter to him if she left? The man bordered on infuriating. The span of emotions he incited in her within one day was enough to make her head spin. First, he saved her from certain death, and then he tenderly comforted her through her fear. Then he turned into an angry, stubborn ass that tackled her like a linebacker and proceeded to fondle her breast. Yet he stood there glaring as she spoke, obviously bristling at the notion she wanted to go home.
Well, he could take a flying leap. If he refused to help her, she would find someone who would.
“Maggie, we cannot send you home. The Bloodstone magic is very powerful, but we do not control it. You are here for a reason,” Teyas tried to explain. Chulensak Asuwak spoke rapidly and Teyas struggled to translate her message. “Mother says she gives you her protection. She remembers the summer when the Time Walkers lived among us. We have never met another woman Time Walker, and she tells you she will not let harm come to you.”
“That is very kind, but I don’t understand—what reason do you think I’m here for? Why would anyone want to hurt me?”
“You have traveled here with the Bloodstone. Our Weroance seeks death of all Time Walkers.”
Maggie did not protest when Teyas took her hand, squeezing it in her own, but she swallowed back the stiff lump in her throat at the implied threat.
“Death?” she whispered. She knew she was not ready to hear any more, nor would she ever be, and when she saw the puzzled look Teyas sent to Winn, her worst suspicion was confirmed.
“We will keep you safe, Red Woman. Winn did not kill you, he brought you here to us. There has been no other woman Time Walker since the Pale Witch. The Great Creator must have sent you to us for a reason.”
So they would not kill her…for now. Maggie reached up and twisted a strand of her own hair between her fingers. It gleamed against the shimmer of the fire as she studied it. Red Woman, indeed.
Teyas and Chulensak Asuwak left the house after showering her with tearful embraces and welcomes. Numbness seeped through her skin, and although she appreciated their heartfelt acceptance, she could not yet process what had happened or what she should do about it. The absence of the two women was purposeful and it now left her alone with Winn. The blasted Indian still stood there, silent. She must have misunderstood what the girl meant. It had to be some mistake; she was part of no prophecy, especially one that meant to see her dead. She was just Maggie McMillan, a terribly lost woman in a strange place.
The silence between them stretched as tense as the muscles in his crossed arms. Maggie remained seated on the furs at his feet, and the irony of the position suddenly occurred to her. Is this what Winn
“Two thousand twelve. The year 2012. That’s what it was when I left,” she answered. Winn uttered a sharp retort in response but otherwise kept silent. The older woman knelt down beside Maggie and patted her hand. Maggie could not help but smile at the comforting gesture.
“It must be very different, the time you come from,” Teyas said, her eyes wide.
“Yes, I guess it is,” Maggie agreed. She looked up at Winn. Although the two women settled down beside her on the furs, he kept his distance, arms crossed and legs planted in a rigid stance. “Where am I? I mean, what is this place called? None of this makes sense to me.”
“We are the Paspahegh people, of the Powhatan tribe. This land is called Tsenacommacah, where all Powhatans live. Does that have meaning to you?”
Maggie swallowed back the lump in her throat as she nodded. Yes, it did have meaning, but it still seemed ridiculous.
“Teyas, I don’t understand how this happened, how I got here. I just really want to go home.”
She noticed Winn stiffen when she made the confession. Why did it matter to him if she left? The man bordered on infuriating. The span of emotions he incited in her within one day was enough to make her head spin. First, he saved her from certain death, and then he tenderly comforted her through her fear. Then he turned into an angry, stubborn ass that tackled her like a linebacker and proceeded to fondle her breast. Yet he stood there glaring as she spoke, obviously bristling at the notion she wanted to go home.
Well, he could take a flying leap. If he refused to help her, she would find someone who would.
“Maggie, we cannot send you home. The Bloodstone magic is very powerful, but we do not control it. You are here for a reason,” Teyas tried to explain. Chulensak Asuwak spoke rapidly and Teyas struggled to translate her message. “Mother says she gives you her protection. She remembers the summer when the Time Walkers lived among us. We have never met another woman Time Walker, and she tells you she will not let harm come to you.”
“That is very kind, but I don’t understand—what reason do you think I’m here for? Why would anyone want to hurt me?”
“You have traveled here with the Bloodstone. Our Weroance seeks death of all Time Walkers.”
Maggie did not protest when Teyas took her hand, squeezing it in her own, but she swallowed back the stiff lump in her throat at the implied threat.
“Death?” she whispered. She knew she was not ready to hear any more, nor would she ever be, and when she saw the puzzled look Teyas sent to Winn, her worst suspicion was confirmed.
“We will keep you safe, Red Woman. Winn did not kill you, he brought you here to us. There has been no other woman Time Walker since the Pale Witch. The Great Creator must have sent you to us for a reason.”
So they would not kill her…for now. Maggie reached up and twisted a strand of her own hair between her fingers. It gleamed against the shimmer of the fire as she studied it. Red Woman, indeed.
Teyas and Chulensak Asuwak left the house after showering her with tearful embraces and welcomes. Numbness seeped through her skin, and although she appreciated their heartfelt acceptance, she could not yet process what had happened or what she should do about it. The absence of the two women was purposeful and it now left her alone with Winn. The blasted Indian still stood there, silent. She must have misunderstood what the girl meant. It had to be some mistake; she was part of no prophecy, especially one that meant to see her dead. She was just Maggie McMillan, a terribly lost woman in a strange place.
The silence between them stretched as tense as the muscles in his crossed arms. Maggie remained seated on the furs at his feet, and the irony of the position suddenly occurred to her. Is this what Winn
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