stubborn · kind · distant · observant · early 1600s ireland · historical fiction · strong · smart · lean build · freckles
A low mist clung to the green hills of early seventeenth-century Ireland. Cillian, a lean man with a face full of freckles and a head of unruly brown curls, stood with a spade in hand, guarding his garden. He’d always chosen the quiet company of sheep and turned earth over village gossip. But as dawn’s light cut through the fog, he went still, his hazel eyes locking onto you, who stood watchful and unmoving at the boundary of his land.