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2. Prophecies

When a violent tragedy shakes the Ridge, the Frasers must lean on their new tenants to make the community whole again.

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Jamie invites Cunningham to Freemasonry meetings. Henry Grey marries Mercy Woodcock, despite the ban on interracial marriages. William determines to find out how Ben died while held prisoner by the Continental Army. While berry picking, a bear mauls Amy McCallum-Lindsay, but Claire is unable to help as Amy's husband Evan and Aidan McCallum watch her die. Elspeth bonds with Claire while preparing Amy's corpse for viewing and burial. Jamie leads a bear hunt, but Cunningham had already killed it. Claire helps Rachel through labour to bear a son, Oggy. Benjamin Cleveland tries in vain to enlist Jamie into the Overmountain militia to protect against Tories, and admits to hanging loyalists.

Cleveland is also after the ex-Tory Cunningham, who speaks at the Lodge about his wife's death during childbirth. Cunningham prophecies that he has "seven years from Saratoga " to live after his son Simon died in the battle. Jamie doubts Cunningham's "God-given" purpose, but " hears " Frank saying, Cunningham has five more years to live. Meanwhile, William travels to the Continental Army camp, discovering the tin soldier he had given Ben in 1775 is missing. He exhumes Ben's body, but finds someone else buried in Ben's grave.

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