Grace in Thine Eyes
“Sir Harry spat out the word. “Son, have you not explained the gravity of her predicament? And the extent of our property?” He stamped about the flagstone floor, ignoring Dougal, who held out his coat, waiting to finish dressing him for dinner.“I have made her aware of both those things, sir.” Somerled was relieved the other guests were well out of earshot, for he would not have them thinking ill of Davina. Nor of him, if he could manage it. “In the meantime, perhaps you could approach her fathe...r. At breakfast I spoke with Randall Keith, a Lowlander who knows something of her family. By his description, I’d say James McKie of Glentrool is a reasonable man.”“Aye, with three sons,” his father said with a grunt. “Brothers do not take kindly to a sister being ravished.”Ravished. Somerled loathed the word. Hated that it was true. “For her sake, I thought ’twould be best not to tell the McKies that—”“What?” His father whirled round, his face turning purple. “And pay the full bride price for used goods?”“Used by me, sir.”MoreLess
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