“I would say so.”
“But they haven’t even met.”
“Nay.” He gave her a pointed look. “But then you and I hadnae met yet either when we made contact at the stones in a dream.”
“True.” She peered after Cray and shook her head. “Lord, I can’t imagine being inside Madison’s head, never mind, Cray’s.”
“No, kidding.” Julie chuckled. “Those two hooking up is a stretch all the way around.”
As they continued drinking and kept an eye on everyone, Aidan and Chloe filled them in on the revelations from their previous lives. Mainly that they’d broken the rules somehow and it cost them. Now Chloe felt Aidan’s life was threatened because of it. Julie and Tiernan, of course, reminded them that they’d had a similar experience, and everything worked out, so not to worry.
“Like you told us when we were going through our stuff, Aidan,” Julie reminded. “The answers will come when the time is right.”
“Aye,” he murmured, at least fairly certain about one thing. “I think it started for us at the Irish Stonehenge. I’m almost positive that’s where we met.”
“I agree.” Chloe nodded, thinking about it. “When I dreamt about first seeing you, you were sitting beside a standing stone.”
“Aye,” he said softly, meeting her eyes, seeing her memory as though it were his own. Feeling it as if he were sitting there once more. “’Twas one of several stones.” The slurred conversations of the patrons around them faded as he remembered. “’Twas a place I visited often, drawn by the peace it lent, the warmth...”
“It drew me too,” she murmured. “But, never like it did that day. Becauseyouwere there.”
He could sense how strongly she felt.
How important that moment in time had been.
“That’s it,” Julie whispered, seeming to sense something. Her eyes shifted a little. Her inner Guardian Witch surfaced. “You’re right, itwasthe Irish Stonehenge! You sat beside one of the stones my ancestors used in the ritual to protect the Celtic King and Druidess.” Her eyes widened. “Better yet, you sat therebeforeAdlin’s conception, notafter.” She looked between them, amazed. “The stone didn’t affect you. It was the other way around.Youaffected the stone.”
Then she said something that backed up Adlin's revelation.
Something that implied they had played a big part in things indeed.
“Youaffected the destiny of Clan MacLomain.”
