EPISODE 2: CASTLE LEOCH - A free verse recap of Season One by your Aussie Blogging Lass

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It was no place like home.
After days on horseback
An object of suspicion, 
Amidst the others’ homecoming.

It was no place like home.
But tending an injured shoulder
Revealed a scarred back, a compelling story,
A connection made, an easy trust.

It was no place like home.
But he shared his tale with her,
Of the day when Black Jack Randall
Became his family’s nemesis.

It was no place like home.
But he called her kind
And held her as she wept
For her husband not alive.

It was no place like home.
Yet she was given a room,
And dressed to be fit for
The laird of the castle.

It was no place like home.
But she now knew the date
Defending and strategising
To find a way out.

It was no place like home.
But she was offered hospitality
Supper in the Great Hall
A guest of the laird. 

It was no place like home.
And she committed a faux pas
Drinking too much rhenish
While letting down her guard. 

It was no place like home.
But she brought bandages and a picnic
And sat in the stables
Learning more of his story.

It was no place like home.
But he chose to trust her,
Unlike the others,
Who thought her a spy.

It was no place like home
But she tended the gardens 
And encountered a woman
Others said was a witch.

It was no place like home.
Another night in the hall
Where she watched him take punishment
For a young girl disgraced. 

It was no place like home.
And she tended new wounds
Ignoring the chemistry
As she planned to leave.

It was no place like home.
And she said her farewells
But her best laid plans
Would soon lie in tatters.

It was no place like home.
She was shown to a room
Holding amorous memories 
From a future time.

It was no place like home.
But home it must be
Installed as the healer
At the laird’s pleasure. 

It was no place like home.
But her secrets had trapped her
Her future uncertain
A prisoner in the past.