The Highlander's Vow (Loch Moigh #4)
“Sky had told him her cousin Robley and his family lived there. Though well fortified, the rectangular castle was small by fifteenth-century standards. Two towers, one on the east end, the other on the west, rose above the crenellated top. Narrow windows for archers dotted the various levels of the turrets. The land around the outer curtain wall had been cleared of any impediment, and the stronghold’s catwalks were fully manned.
The heavy steel bars of the portcullis were down, and two guards, c...rossbows in hand, stood within the barbican above, watching as he and Sky rode closer. Were they expecting trouble?
Sky nudged her mare ahead. “Ho, the keep. ’Tis I, Sky Elizabeth, your liege lord’s daughter and cousin to Lord Robley,” she called, lowering the hood of her cloak. “And this is Sir Struan of clan Sutherland.”
Struan didn’t miss the way the two guards exchanged glances. He could only imagine what might be running through their minds, what with he and Sky unaccompanied by guards or a matron to protect her virtue.MoreLess
The heavy steel bars of the portcullis were down, and two guards, c...rossbows in hand, stood within the barbican above, watching as he and Sky rode closer. Were they expecting trouble?
Sky nudged her mare ahead. “Ho, the keep. ’Tis I, Sky Elizabeth, your liege lord’s daughter and cousin to Lord Robley,” she called, lowering the hood of her cloak. “And this is Sir Struan of clan Sutherland.”
Struan didn’t miss the way the two guards exchanged glances. He could only imagine what might be running through their minds, what with he and Sky unaccompanied by guards or a matron to protect her virtue.MoreLess
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