Chapter 45

Eleanor shifted in her saddle as the main keep came into view and looked all around herself. The warning bells began to ring showing that the keep knew of their approach and she started to smile.

“I remember this place! This is McInnis land!”

“I suppose that is not surprising you know it. It is only a day or so ride from your family’s land. You may have visited often if your clan is friendly with this one. The land must have changed some in eight years though.”

“Some," she agreed. "The memory seems a bit confused,” She said after a while. “I remember I got into trouble for throwing mud at a boy. Do you see that tree by the broken wall? The tree was shorter and the wall was less broken, but one of the McInnis boys was in the tree and I threw a fist full of mud that hit him in the face. Padraig or Alaisdar...maybe Griogair? Those were their names but I’m not sure which one I hit with the mud. One of them had put a frog on Eliana’s head and made her cry so I was retaliating. I remember