The Highlander's Reward
“He enfolded them in his grasp, trying to offer her a measure of comfort. And trying to still his own irritation.
“Arbella, my lady, please listen. I canna keep ye safe unless ye are mine. And not mine as a reward for helping Wallace against the damned Sassenachs, but as my wife. Do ye understand?”
She stared at him wide-eyed. She didn’t speak. He rubbed his thumbs over the flesh of her hands, hoping his movement would wake her from whatever state she was in.
“Lass? Did ye hear me?”
... She slowly nodded. “I hear what you’re saying, and I believe you think ’tis the only way to keep me safe, but I do not think ’tis a good plan.”
He spoke softly, controlling his urge to shake some sense into her. He didn’t want to marry any more than she did. But it was the only way. “Ye have to trust me, lass. No one touches what is mine. No one will touch ye. I canna bear for another man to attack ye.MoreLess
“Arbella, my lady, please listen. I canna keep ye safe unless ye are mine. And not mine as a reward for helping Wallace against the damned Sassenachs, but as my wife. Do ye understand?”
She stared at him wide-eyed. She didn’t speak. He rubbed his thumbs over the flesh of her hands, hoping his movement would wake her from whatever state she was in.
“Lass? Did ye hear me?”
... She slowly nodded. “I hear what you’re saying, and I believe you think ’tis the only way to keep me safe, but I do not think ’tis a good plan.”
He spoke softly, controlling his urge to shake some sense into her. He didn’t want to marry any more than she did. But it was the only way. “Ye have to trust me, lass. No one touches what is mine. No one will touch ye. I canna bear for another man to attack ye.MoreLess
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