She had seen Brianna's face for a moment in the light; white as paper and hard as bone, with the eyes black holes. Her gentle, kindly mistress had vanished like smoke, taken over by a deamhan, a she-devil. Lizzie was a town lass, born long after Culloden. She had never seen the wild clansmen of the glens, or a Highlander in the grip of blood fury-but she'd heard the auld stories, and now she knew them true. A person who looked like that might do anything at all. She
In this excerpt from "Drums of Autumn" by Diana Gabaldon, Lizzie is struck by a chilling transformation of Brianna, who appears ghostly and menacing. The once gentle and kind figure is now obscured by a dark essence, turning her into something otherworldly, akin to a demon. This change leaves a significant impact on Lizzie, who has grown up in a different time and has always been aware of the haunting tales...
