Highland Flame (Highland Brides)
“A shapely rock, Roderic thought, but a rock, nonetheless. She stared into his face.
He stared back, granting her a carefully benevolent smile. "Dunna bother to thank me." She said nothing, only continued to watch him with wide eyes.
"Lass," he said, lifting a hand to wave it in front of her face, "are ye alive?" "I did not agree to your foolish wager. I did not promise to bathe ye," she breathed.
He brightened his smile. "Ahh, but ye did, lass. Ye said ... and I remember the exact words. 'What can I do but agree?'" "I was being cynical!" she gasped.
"Ahh. Cynicism doesna become ye, lass. And it was still a wager." "But... but I did bathe ye!" "Ye pushed me in the burn, lass. 'Tis na quite what I had in mind. And ye well know it," he said and took a step closer.
"Damnation! There was no way for ye to escape the tower." He chuckled gently, glad to see she was so greatly impressed by his deeds. "On the contrary, lass," he said modestly, "there were several at least." "But I... I can't......" All the color had left her face and her voice went soft.MoreLess
He stared back, granting her a carefully benevolent smile. "Dunna bother to thank me." She said nothing, only continued to watch him with wide eyes.
"Lass," he said, lifting a hand to wave it in front of her face, "are ye alive?" "I did not agree to your foolish wager. I did not promise to bathe ye," she breathed.
He brightened his smile. "Ahh, but ye did, lass. Ye said ... and I remember the exact words. 'What can I do but agree?'" "I was being cynical!" she gasped.
"Ahh. Cynicism doesna become ye, lass. And it was still a wager." "But... but I did bathe ye!" "Ye pushed me in the burn, lass. 'Tis na quite what I had in mind. And ye well know it," he said and took a step closer.
"Damnation! There was no way for ye to escape the tower." He chuckled gently, glad to see she was so greatly impressed by his deeds. "On the contrary, lass," he said modestly, "there were several at least." "But I... I can't......" All the color had left her face and her voice went soft.MoreLess
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