December
"Let me go," he replied. "We heard that the Earl of Strathland was leading the way toward this house. We need to know where they came from and why they came here. "Her mind was numb with the news. Only last autumn, the Earl of Strathland had driven out the MacKinloch farmer out of his land to make room for the crowded lambs. The family gave them their residence before the Duke agreed to allow them to settle in his land, but the battle between the Countess and the farmer continued. The Count of Straland was a threat to the land. All of them. Every time he thought about this man she was afraid again, she secretly expected him to return to England. She does not understand why he is here, among thousands of grassland, while living in another estate. Then she remembered that he lived in this area like a king trying to conquer the surrounding lands. He tried to buy the land of her parents from time to time, but only received her father's refusal. That is also why he w...