24
The moment Joanna realized Brock would not be able to get out, she screamed his name. Duncan found her trying to claw her way back up the stone walls. The heat of the blaze was fierce, and the castle seemed to swell with the heat beneath her hands, but it didn’t stop her. Her husband was going to die if she couldn’t find a way to save him.
“My lady! Be careful!” Duncan shouted. Pieces of wood and stone fell from the battlements, landing with heavy thuds on the grass around her.
“Duncan! Thank God! Brock is trapped up there. We must find a way to save him!”
“How? We canna get back inside.” Duncan stared up at the cloud of smoke billowing out from the window above them, his face ashen. Joanna watched the flames lick along the stones in terror. She’d never thought stones could burn, bu
