Much Ado About Marriage
“Fia demanded.
The guard remained solidly in front of the great oaken door.
She stomped her slippered foot, wincing as her heel met the stone floor. “MacKenna, I asked you a question. Did you not hear me?”
The large man simply stood, booted feet wide, kilt hanging below his knees, his bulging arms crossed over his wide chest.
She crossed her arms and set her feet apart, too. “MacKenna, don’t make me lose my temper.”
MacKenna’s gaze finally flickered, a look of unease crossing his red-bearded fac...e. “Now, lass, dinna be threatenin’ me. I’m only doin’ the laird’s biddin’ and ye know it.”
“Where is he, then?”
“Ye know where the laird is, or ye wouldn’t be a-standin’ there tappin’ yer foot.”
“I wasn’t speaking of Duncan. I want to know where the Sassenach has been taken.”
“The Sassenach is with the laird, and the laird dinna wish to be disturbed.”
Fia squared her shoulders. “He is about to be disturbed whether he wishes it or not.”
Concern flickered in MacKenna’s blue eyes.MoreLess
The guard remained solidly in front of the great oaken door.
She stomped her slippered foot, wincing as her heel met the stone floor. “MacKenna, I asked you a question. Did you not hear me?”
The large man simply stood, booted feet wide, kilt hanging below his knees, his bulging arms crossed over his wide chest.
She crossed her arms and set her feet apart, too. “MacKenna, don’t make me lose my temper.”
MacKenna’s gaze finally flickered, a look of unease crossing his red-bearded fac...e. “Now, lass, dinna be threatenin’ me. I’m only doin’ the laird’s biddin’ and ye know it.”
“Where is he, then?”
“Ye know where the laird is, or ye wouldn’t be a-standin’ there tappin’ yer foot.”
“I wasn’t speaking of Duncan. I want to know where the Sassenach has been taken.”
“The Sassenach is with the laird, and the laird dinna wish to be disturbed.”
Fia squared her shoulders. “He is about to be disturbed whether he wishes it or not.”
Concern flickered in MacKenna’s blue eyes.MoreLess
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