Myers and Duncan Innes arrive with more provisions, and join in blessing the hearth of the new cabin.Work on establishing shelter and winter provisions begins on the newly established Fraser's Ridge.Jamie shows Claire the land they will settle upon, noting the strawberries that grow there and the plant's connection to the Fraser family name.Jamie battles a bear while camping with Claire, eventually killing it, after which three Indians come upon them.Claire and Jamie travel with Ian and Myers to help the slave, Pollyanne, escape to the Indians.Jamie questions Sergeant Murchison, a former guard of Ardsmuir Prison.Claire and Jamie find a woman at the mill, left to bleed to death from a botched abortion.Jocasta holds a dinner party in honor of Jamie &co's arrival in attendance are Phillip Wylie, Hermon Husband, James Hunter, and, abruptly, John Quincy Myers.
An accident at the sawmill summons Jamie and Claire to assist.The group is set upon by pirates, including their erstwhile companion Stephen Bonnet, on the Cape Fear while en route to Jamie's Aunt Jocasta's plantation, River Run the pirates make off with the rest of the gemstones and Claire's gold wedding band.Claire meets John Quincy Myers and Phillip Wylie.The group travels overland to Wilmington, where Jamie and Claire dine with Governor Tryon in hopes of finding a buyer for one of their gemstones, and they leave with a different kind of offer from the governor.The escaped prisoner Stephen Bonnet asks the Frasers' help in escaping Charleston.Ian acquires a half-wolf companion and names him Rollo.Claire, Jamie, Ian, Fergus and Duncan arrive in Charleston, South Carolina, to witness the hanging of Gavin Hayes.
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