Reluctant (Heroes of the Highlands) (The Mackays #3)
“The cloudy night was dark, and their fires glowed in the isolated country like tiny beacons among a maze of stark and gnarled trees. It had to be magic that no one had found them yet, because a force of two hundred or so men was nigh impossible to hide.She lurked among them, spying on their night time rituals. They laughed, ate like savages, fought amongst themselves, and sang songs that made her ears burn. However, the band of marauders wasn’t exactly what she expected. They were clean. Their ...tents were fine. There seemed to be a subtle organization in their debauched anarchy. A creed maybe? A code by which they lived. Kamdyn struggled to understand it. Who would choose to live like this? There were no women. No color to make their tents cozy or spices to make their meals pleasant. Just pilfered goods and bloodied weapons.The men spoke about him in hushed voices laced with equal parts fear and awe. No matter how loud and raucous they became, when they passed the large tent set away from the camp, tucked into the very corner of the trees, they fell silent, giving it a wide berth and uneasy glances.There she would find the Laird of Shadows.And there she would end him.Kamdyn paused at the entry to the tent, which faced the trees rather than the camp.MoreLess
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