A Highlander’s Homecoming (2006)
“Though it was shock to hear them in her own voice, the words had come out, just as she’d been instructed to say them. She hadn’t choked on them or forgotten a single one.
Assembled in the great hall before as many of the castle inhabitants as they’d been able to quickly round up, Malcolm MacDowylt had spoken his own vow only moments before.
Numbly Isa noted that neither Roland nor Agneys were among the onlookers. Nor Robbie.
“It is done.” Patrick’s words were greeted by a few scattered “Huzzahs...,” but for the most part, the spectators seemed more confused than anything else.
Exactly how Isa felt.
The marriage, though irregular, was binding in every way. They’d given their vows in the present tense.
Though she had never really believed she would wed, when she’d allowed herself to dream of a wedding day, she certainly hadn’t imagined it as this quick, detached business transaction. Once she’d agreed to MacDowylt’s demands, his man had escorted her to her bedchamber.MoreLess
Assembled in the great hall before as many of the castle inhabitants as they’d been able to quickly round up, Malcolm MacDowylt had spoken his own vow only moments before.
Numbly Isa noted that neither Roland nor Agneys were among the onlookers. Nor Robbie.
“It is done.” Patrick’s words were greeted by a few scattered “Huzzahs...,” but for the most part, the spectators seemed more confused than anything else.
Exactly how Isa felt.
The marriage, though irregular, was binding in every way. They’d given their vows in the present tense.
Though she had never really believed she would wed, when she’d allowed herself to dream of a wedding day, she certainly hadn’t imagined it as this quick, detached business transaction. Once she’d agreed to MacDowylt’s demands, his man had escorted her to her bedchamber.MoreLess
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