Amanda Scott
“Indeed, those feelings, as near the surface as they were, were unfamiliar to him, except the one that made him feel twelve years old again, facing punishment for some misdeed or other.
Those misdeeds, now that he came to think of it, had usually been committed at Lachlan’s instigation and the punishments usually shared. This time he was on his own, just as he had told himself he wanted to be.
He considered reminding Ian Dubh that the problem had resulted from Macleod’s chicanery, not his own, b...ut he dismissed the thought as soon as it stirred. He had made his own choices. Had he not forced the issue at the outset, he would not have married Cristina, so in truth, he could blame no one but himself.
“Have you nothing to say for yourself?” Ian Dubh demanded.
“No, sir,” Hector said.
“Then you will set aside this notion of seeking an annulment.”
Oddly, the idea of spending the years ahead married to Cristina did not disturb him as much as it had, but the thought of submitting tamely to such a decree did.MoreLess
Those misdeeds, now that he came to think of it, had usually been committed at Lachlan’s instigation and the punishments usually shared. This time he was on his own, just as he had told himself he wanted to be.
He considered reminding Ian Dubh that the problem had resulted from Macleod’s chicanery, not his own, b...ut he dismissed the thought as soon as it stirred. He had made his own choices. Had he not forced the issue at the outset, he would not have married Cristina, so in truth, he could blame no one but himself.
“Have you nothing to say for yourself?” Ian Dubh demanded.
“No, sir,” Hector said.
“Then you will set aside this notion of seeking an annulment.”
Oddly, the idea of spending the years ahead married to Cristina did not disturb him as much as it had, but the thought of submitting tamely to such a decree did.MoreLess
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