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Entreat Me Not to Leave

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❝ entreat me not to leave you,
nor to turn back from following after you.
for where you go, i will go
and where you live, i will live
your people shall be my people
and your god, my god
where you die, i will die
and there will i be buried.
the lord do so to me, and more also,
if ought but death part you and me. ❞

─ Ruth 1

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Summary

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Ruthie Tallmadge spent her formative years growing up in Litchfield, Connecticut in the family home that had been passed on from generation to generation. While Ruthie never knew her mother, her father had raised her the best that he could. Dr. Tallmadge allowed Ruthie to help in his medical practice, where she learned to enjoy tending to those who needed help.

But when war broke out in Europe while Ruthie was attending medical college, everything changed. Her father passed and she married her best friend's brother. Not for love, but for infatuation on her part and the desire to gain money on his part. While they were never cruel to each other in the beginning, there was never the spark that Ruthie thought there should be.

When her first husband was seriously injured during the war, Ruthie left her place as a medic, albeit a glorified nurse, to care for him. But Stephen didn't live long enough to witness VE Day, when the war came to an end in Europe.

Months after her husband's passing, Ruthie finds herself still living at the Arbuckle family estate in Scotland. And she has an ever-growing suspicion that her husband's father is up to something. But having no place to call home and no one to call family, Ruthie is unsure of what to do with her life. Despite only being twenty-one, Ruthie feels she has already lived a lifetime, with nothing more she needs to complete. Especially not love, her only experience was rather miserable and she hadn't the desire to endure such misery again.

But fate has other plans. Ruthie somehow finds herself in 18th-century Scotland. And despite the challenges, she finds herself invigorated and keen to follow the new adventure laid before her.

Just as she was beginning to process what had happened, Ruthie finds herself taken by a handsome Highlander. And for the first time in years, Ruthie finds herself open to love. Not intentionally at first, however. It just sort of happened.

But there is more to Jamie Fraser than meets the eye and if the Lord has placed him on her path, it must be for a reason. And who is she to question the Lord?

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blood of my blood,

bone of my bone

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Hannah New as

RUTH "RUTHIE" LYDIA TALLMADGE

❝ suddenly fairytales paled in comparison

and the only love story that mattered was ours. ❞

&

Sam Heughan as

JAMES "JAMIE" ALEXANDER MALCOLM MACKENZIE FRASER

❝ you are my home now. ❞

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❝ should've kept the cow.

woulda been less trouble ❞

─ Dougal MacKenzie

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Soundtrack

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i. All is Found . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . from Frozen 2

ii. Beyond the Sea . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . by Celtic Woman

iii.The Bonnie Banks of Loch Lomond . . . . . . . . . .by Ella Roberts

iv.The English Ladye and the Knight . . . . .  by Loreena McKennit

v. Entreat Me Not to Leave You . . . . . . .  by Salt Lake Vocal Artists

vi. For the Dancing and the Dreaming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . by Erutan

vii. Goodnight My Angel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  by Celtic Woman

viii. Homeward Bound . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .by BYU Concert Choir

ix. Hushabye Mountain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . by Eleanor Tomlinson

x. I'd Pluck a Fair Rose . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  by Anne Dudley

xi. Into the Open Air . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . from Brave

xii. Long Time Traveller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .by The Wailin' Jennys

xiii. Mo Ghile Mear (My Gallant Star) . . . . . . . . . . . by Celtic Woman

xiv. Noble Maiden Fair (A Mhaighdean Bhan Uasal) . . . from Brave

xv. The Parting Glass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . by Celtic Woman

xvi. Siúil A Rún . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . by Celtic Woman

xvii. The Skye Boat Song . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . by Raya Yarbrough

xviii. Touch the Sky . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . from Brave

xix. Walking in the Air . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .by Celtic Woman

xx. Wild Mountain Thyme . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . by Celtic Woman

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. . . and the score from Outlander

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Dedications

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misshiraethsworld

hightcwers

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Credits

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The layout is inspired by and recreated from misshiraethsworld

The character aesthetics are inspired by hightcwers

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Author's Note

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Hello! You've managed to stumble upon my Outander fic. I've created this story because Claire was always a bit too much for me. Also, the whole already being married thing when she chose Jamie didn't sit completely right with me. Not to mention that after watching only the first episode of the show, I liked Claire with Frank. It wasn't until after Claire went back to him that I no longer liked Frank as much.

But I LOVE James Alexander Malcolm MacKenzie Fraser with my whole heart. :)

Ruthie is also descended from a few of my other OCs, you'll be able to find them on my extended cast page.

I hope you enjoy the story!

Love,

Kass