Drums of Autumn

Phaedre tells Bree that a lord is coming to dinner, and tries to hide her belly under boned stays so he doesn’t know she is pregnant. She also mentions that Lord John is a friend of her father’s, which makes Bree worry. At dinner, Bree sees that a man has four gemstones, and she remembers from Geillis’s grimoire that she needs five, one of which she already has, to go back to the future. Jocasta seats Bree next to Lord John Grey at dinner, but she is happy that he doesn’t mention Jamie.

As she is thinking about how she may never see her family again, she faints, but when she comes to, she is still convinced that she will not let Jocasta force her into marriage. Lord John comes to visit her while she is resting and tells her that he has been looking for Roger. She asks him if handfasting is legal in the colonies, because Jocasta doesn’t believe her marriage to Roger is valid. The two get to know each other better, and John says he will stay a bit longer at River Run to see if there is any way he can help Bree.