She nearly always accompanies Jamie on perilous journeys and beyond loving and caring for Lord John, she owes him a favor (or two). not that Claire would need any encouragement. But she could encourage her mother to go. However, Bree's third child Davy is still a baby, so she may not be able to travel to help find Lord John. Plus, Lord John is Bree's 'favorite person - outside the family' (she made that statement before learning that he technically was her stepfather for a brief time), so she'll want to take action knowing he's in danger. And the erstwhile only children of Jamie Fraser formed a quick bond with one another, so Bree will surely want to help William in any way she can. Though Jamie didn't see William until the very end of Bees, he did confidentially offer Brianna the chance to spend time with her brother in Savannah. Especially as Jamie and William had no direct interaction in Bees and Lord John Grey is in desperate need of being saved from Ezekiel Richardson, aka the time traveler Mike Callahan. But in a book series where it's never safe to take anything for granted - even something as obvious as this setup for Book 10 - it's a relief to get that confirmation from the author. When William comes and states, 'I need your help,' there was really never any doubt that Jamie would choose to ride alongside his son to save his estranged best friend. 'You'll definitely get that,' author Diana Gabaldon tells The Dipp over the phone.

With a cliffhanger ending like that, it surely means that readers will get Jamie and William joining forces to save Lord John Grey in Book 10, yes? The tricorne-wearing figure is none other than Jamie's son William, asking his father for help. But a wedding crasher - 'a rider on a gray horse' - shakes up the pastoral scene on the very last page.

After fighting scheming Loyalists on his land and nearly dying (well, he did die) during the Battle of Kings Mountain, Jamie's primary concern at the end of Go Tell the Bees That I Am Gone is making sure Claire gets something to eat. They're surrounded by their family, friends, and neighbors celebrating the wedding of Bobby Higgins and Silvia Hardman.

The final pages of the ninth Outlander book have the peaceful setting of Claire and Jamie on the porch of the New House at Fraser's Ridge. Do not read if you don't want the ending of Outlander Book 9 spoiled. Major spoilers ahead for Go Tell the Bees That I Am Gone.

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