OUTLANDER (2026) 05 810 A Blessing For A Warrior Going Out
The last thing Jamie did before leaving his Fraser's Ridge home was speak with Claire's bees. It was a blessing to finally do so. He thought he said what he needed. Resolved, he put on his hat, walked to his horse, and rode with Claire and his men off the Ridge towards Kings Mountain. As they passed the church that served as the Masons Lodge meeting house, he saluted the flag of the new nation that proudly flew over the door. An American nation.
At the crossroad, Jamie's war party joined the larger one led by Benjamin Cleveland. Their combined companies would meet up with other groups staged at the foot of Kings Mountain. According to Claire's knowledge of history, this was the last major back country battle before the British surrender. Jamie intended for history to run true. Claire just wanted to go home. "I'm not afraid of dying," he told her. "I'm afraid of not seeing my home again." "We will see the Ridge again," Claire responded with a small smile. Jamie nodded in agreement and turned his attention back to the task at hand.
Nine times, the auld fortuneteller woman in Paris had told him many years ago. He would die nine times before his death. So far, he'd been able to make every fight count. This one would be no different. He told Ian to settle the men and went to speak with Cleveland, who said the British were on the high ground. From Frank's book Jamie had had a chance to change that but chose not to because he believed in Claire's history. Had he known, Cleveland would've called him a damned fool for not taking the advantage. But he didn't, and believed the British were in a rat trap at the top, they could just pick them off since numbers were roughly equal. He looked around at the men. Some of them would die. It was harsh thinking but he intended on only changing that one book fact about himself, if he could. His small, insignificant life, as Claire had called it.
