After the Storm by Tia Isabella

Author:Tia Isabella [Tia Isabella]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Paranormal, romance
ISBN: 0-9707169-6-6
Publisher: Ellora's Cave
Published: 2001-02-15T05:00:00+00:00

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“I see that cup of ale and I raise ye tae cups, milady.”

Maya snorted at Harold. There was no way he was going to beat her hand. Her lips curled wryly as she regarded her newfound poker buddy. “Are you sure you want to raise the stakes, Harold?”

The minstrel arched one gray eyebrow at his mistress as he leaned backward into the chair. He folded his arms across his chest and beamed triumphantly at her. “No sweating.”

Maya grinned. “That’s no sweat, Harold, no sweat.”

He waved his hand impatiently in the air. “Whatever.”

Maya chuckled. She was growing fond of the old MacGregor minstrel. He had turned out to be quite an amusing man, not at all a bad character. And, of course, he had managed to bring back a deck of cards as a souvenir from the future, for which she would be eternally grateful to him.

Without Harold and Argyle, Maya would have gone crazy during the past two weeks of her confinement. Now she was back down to only one guard at any given time, a squire named Gilfred who followed her around while Argyle was training with Thomas, and Argyle the rest of the time. At least whenever she was not within her husband’s sight.

Thomas still stubbornly refused to let Maya wander any further than to the doors of the keep and, much to her chagrin, he also arrogantly kept his reasons to himself. She suspected it was because her husband didn’t yet trust her and that knowledge was more upsetting that anything else.

The most taxing rift between husband and wife as of late was caused, however, by the subject of the twenty-first century. Or, more to the point, by the lack of conversation about it. Thomas simply refused to speak of the topic and would stomp off from any room he was in if the subject was so much as broached in his presence.

Thomas and Maya were getting along civilly—barely—during the days, but the tension between them was thick enough to cut with a knife. Maya hoped it was just a matter of time now before her husband would allow her to discuss the future with him again. Then she would finally be able to suggest her idea that one of the MacGregor men be sent to the future to collect the possessions she deemed necessary, as well as to collect Sara’s father for her wedding. Since she was going to stay here, she expected to be able to transport some medicines back to this time, at the very least.

Maya had already discussed this plan in detail with Harold and Argyle and both of them were eager to be the chosen one. She was skeptical of both men to a degree, but on the other hand, she trusted them more than anyone else to do her bidding. Her fears were small ones, trivial at best, but persistent no less.

From Harold, she feared that once he got to future, he’d forget all about his mission and head straight to “the place of wonder and dreams come true”.

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