Highland Awakening (2016)
“She strode to the window then back, squeezing her hands into fists then relaxing them several times. She stopped in front of Esme and took a deep breath.
“I was seventeen. We’d come to London for the Season—my father and brother Alastair and I, as well as the rest of the household. I had nothing to do here. No friends, no female companionship. I was naïve to the dangers of London, and I had no chaperone.”
She huffed out a breath. “I was an ignorant child. I had been cloistered like a nun in our... house in the country for most of my life. It was my first time in this enormous city. I found a group of lads my age at Hyde Park. I was drawn to them because they were Scots, and they felt like home, somehow, which was silly, because I’ve never lived in Scotland.”
She gave a cynical laugh. “Anyhow, they were kind to me. At first. And then…my brother died. I went to them for comfort, thinking them my three closest friends.” She turned to Esme, her face absolutely white, her expression flat.MoreLess
“I was seventeen. We’d come to London for the Season—my father and brother Alastair and I, as well as the rest of the household. I had nothing to do here. No friends, no female companionship. I was naïve to the dangers of London, and I had no chaperone.”
She huffed out a breath. “I was an ignorant child. I had been cloistered like a nun in our... house in the country for most of my life. It was my first time in this enormous city. I found a group of lads my age at Hyde Park. I was drawn to them because they were Scots, and they felt like home, somehow, which was silly, because I’ve never lived in Scotland.”
She gave a cynical laugh. “Anyhow, they were kind to me. At first. And then…my brother died. I went to them for comfort, thinking them my three closest friends.” She turned to Esme, her face absolutely white, her expression flat.MoreLess
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