“What ye huffin’ about, Princess?”
“I don’t want to go.”
“Ye were just sayin’ ye miss Scotland!”
“Missing it and going back there aretotallydifferent things.”
He scoffed.
I took a bite of pizza and said, with my mouth full, “But we can’t leave, Max won’t be able to find us.”
“While I agree, we ought nae leave, hewouldbe able tae find us. Max and I hae an agreement tae meet each other at Muckhart. I was last there in mid-May and he was waitin’ for me.”
“What would you have done if he hadn’t been there?”
“I would hae waited for him, he would do his best tae come.”
My brow drew down. “Well no matter, we will stay here. That’s what we’re supposed to do.”
He folded a pizza slice expertly. “We will stay here, aye, but we ought tae be prepared tae go.”
“You mean packed?”
“Aye, there is a chance we will get called upon tae meet Max, or if there is danger, we would need tae flee, we ought tae ready. One plan ye should ken, is we always meet at Muckhart.”
“I suppose I ought to know where that is on the map.”
“In Clackmannanshire!” His face fell. “Ye daena ken where tis? Tis where Castle Glume stands. Tis where we were headed when we were in Scotland!”
I shrugged. “But we never made it there.”
“Tis a wee bit north of the Forth, tucked between the Ochil Hills and the Devon Water.”
“Albannach, I don’t know where any of that is.”
He groaned. “Well, tis in Scotland, I will show ye, next time.” He wiped his fingers in a napkin. “We will need more weapons, can we buy more weapons?”
“Yes, and matches and food and other supplies. But this is all incase, right? We have time.”
“Aye, we hae a day or two tae gather.”
“A day or two, but we’re on our honeymoon, I don’t want to spend it gathering supplies and besides it will take longer than that, I think...”
He blinked. “Where is yer armorer?”
I shrugged again. “There’s a gun shop near.”
“Will they hae swords as well?”
“I have no idea.”
“If the need arises, could we take yer guard?”
I shook my head. “Oh, I don’t think so… we probably shouldn’t tellanyonewe are time traveling.”
“Ye told Cooper and Jen.”
“They aren’t justanyone.But this is just a backup plan, right? We only go if we are in danger. We would take Dude?”
