"That's it exactly," Erik agreed, but the young woman hadn't shown any of the arrogance he'd come to expect from the English, so he didn't tar her with that brush. "I wouldn't mind if they'd stayed in their own country, but they came after ours, declared our lands forfeit and property of the crown. My clan's land, those of my friends, we became outlaws in our land because of one man's grab for power."