Meanwhile, far away in the 20th century, Claire Randall awakens in 1948. She is back in her own time, pregnant with Jamie’s child, and shattered. At a train station, she reunites with her stunned husband, Frank. She tells him everything—the stones, the 18th century, her marriage to Jamie. Frank, desperate to reclaim his wife, agrees to raise the child as his own, but on one brutal condition: she must never speak of Jamie Fraser again.
But Hugh corrects him: "No, lad. Not a prisoner. The captain’s alive and well. In fact, he’s just been promoted."
Jamie freezes. He remembers Claire, her hand on her belly. His child— their child—is alive in the future. For that child, he must survive.
Back on Culloden Moor, 1746, the British Captain, Jonathan Randall (Black Jack), discovers the wounded Jamie. Jack is ecstatic—his obsession has survived the battle. He intends to drag Jamie to Carlisle for a slow, public hanging. But as they transport him, Jamie goads Jack into a fight, hoping for a quick death. Instead, Jack beats him savagely, then promises a worse fate.