The Highlander's Tempestuous Bride
“Ryan gritted his teeth and grasped his father’s upper arm. Laird Macraig whirled, his face a dark mask.Ryan held his ground. “I wish to speak with ye.” Ryan’s clipped, almost-civil tone deceived no one. Men hunched their shoulders and found things to do elsewhere.The Macraig inclined his head. “In my chamber.”Guttering candles cast faint illumination around the great hall. Men and a few women lay scattered about, the sounds of their rest punctuated by the brisk thud of booted feet. Several head...s lifted, but quickly lowered as the laird and Ryan passed.The small room just off the main hall was pitch dark. No fire had been laid on the hearth in the laird’s absence. Ryan stepped back to the hall and jerked a candle from a nearby sconce, using it to light the others in the room. Finished, he tossed the taper onto the hearth and the tang of smoldering peat began to fill the air.He faced his father. The laird returned his stare with hooded eyes, his jaw clenched tight. Ryan recognized the same stubbornness he’d had occasion to regret in himself.MoreLess
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