Lus na gréine

Sacrifice

This is what I imagine what Moose looks like.

Brianna's POV

Trigger Warning: Attempted Rape

The man with the scar on his face grabs my arm and says, "Blow on it, will ye, darlin?" He laughs and holds up on ring.

I turn to find the scarred face man and his men drinking, playing cards, and cleaning their knives. His men chuckle after his attempt at flirting with me. What is wrong with him?

Still holding my my arm tightly, he then says, "Perhaps he'll change my luck."

"Where did you get this?" I hold the ring and look at it finding it familiar. It was my mother's ring that wore everyday. She never took it off even once when she got back to her time. It was her wedding ring from Jamie.

"Why do you ask?" He said.

"It looks like the one my mother had." I state with certainty.

"Was it now?" He responds leaning in to lick his lips.

He grabs the ring from me and examines the ring.

"Is she alive? It's bad luck to wear the jewelry if she's dead." I tell him.

"I cannot say I've noticed that effect myself....but I can assure you, your mother was both alive and well when I left her."

I sign in relief. My mother's alive. All this time, I was holding on to the possibility that she might be dead. I have genuine hope that I'll find her and my bio dad. Jamie. I've been feeling like something missing ever since my father passed away. Everywhere I turn it's like I see him watching me, waiting. Maybe traveling back in time was a way to connect to my heritage and fill in that missing part of my life.

"Where is she?" I ask.

"Afraid I don't know. My time with the lady was some while ago through pleasant. But if you would like to return into perhaps we should come some agreement........But if you like to return it to her......perhaps an agreement could be reached." He asked me waving his hands around.

"You'll sell it to me?" I ask hopeful that he'll say yes.

"Come on, now. I'll never haggle in public."

He stands him and looks me in the eyes and say, "that's not one of my tricks." His men laugh and I watch as he enters a room and sits his guns on the table."

"Are yer coming dearie?" He turns to me with a smirk on his face.

I turn back and look at Evie and Lizzie. Evie mouths to me, "Don't do it." and tries to get up to come over to me. I hold my hands out in front of me and mouth to her "I'll be fine." She hesitantly sits back down and hastily whispers to Lizzie. Lizzie turns and she also has a worried expression on her face.

I walk towards to door which was still very open so I had nothing to worry about or so I thought.

"How much money do you want for it?" I gulp nervous of this man's intentions.

He places the ring on the table. He turns to look at man and walks towards me.

"Now, dearie. I have enough money. But perhaps you can earn it." He grabs my arm pulling me toward him.

"No, No, No! Please, just let me go!" I shout at him begging to stop but he doesn't listen.

He slaps me across the face and he tries to take off my clothes. I punch him in the stomach and start to run towards the door but not before he grabs my hair and cry out to anybody, somebody to help me.