The Highlander Takes a Bride
“Alpin crowed triumphantly.
Saidh shifted her gaze down to the nine-men’s morris board between them and nodded. “Aye, ye’ve got a mill,” she acknowledged, and then peered to the boy seated on the bed across from her and pointed out, “But I’ve got two sleeping brothers.”
Alpin’s eyes widened and his head swiveled toward the two men seated in the chairs by the fire. Noting that Niels and Conran both were now slumped in their seats, snoring loudly, he grinned widely. “So ye do. That trumps a mill any day.”
Chuckling softly, Saidh scrambled off the bed and headed for the door. “Come on then, before someone comes to check on us or otherwise mucks up me plans.”
“Ye want me to come?” Alpin asked with surprise.
“Aye, o’ course.” Saidh paused at the door and glanced back in question. “Do ye no’ want to? I thought ye were as sick o’ being stuck in here as me.”
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