76 The Aftermath

First on the list; there was no way there were going to be intermarriages between them and as far as they were concerned, Natalie was on her own. Secondly, they had to find ways to raise Anna without involving the highlanders but then when the war was at its peak, Natalie learned that there was someone who had been sent to kill her daughter yet the same people had asked them to focus on peace henceforth. According to her, these were double standards; they could not pretend to be after peace yet all they were doing was adding more kerosene to the fire and causing more harm than good. It had to stop. People had to take responsibility if it was ever going to stop. Natalie felt she was being played and had to do something to save her daughter and the plains in general. The highlanders knew the only connection they had been through the daughter and if she was killed, then there would be no more complications. They would have a smooth sailing in all they were planning to do. I