04 Ladys Choice by Amanda Scott

Author:Amanda Scott [Scott, Amanda]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 0446616699
Publisher: Forever
Published: 2006-08-03T23:00:00+00:00

Sorcha was furious. “The nerve of that horrid man,” she muttered angrily.

“Hush, dearling,” Isobel said. “He will hear you.”

“I don’t care if he does,” Sorcha declared. “Did you hear him? He has archers in the woods, he said, with their arrows aimed right at this tent! They will let fly, he says, if we make any attempt to leave it.”

“I heard him,” Isobel said, gently rubbing her belly.

“Did the baby move?”

“I think he wants out,” she said. “I just hope he can be patient until we are all safe again.” She paused, then added, “They won’t shoot us, you know.”

“Not until Hugo comes, or Michael,” Sorcha said sourly.

“Not then, either,” Isobel said confidently.

“Then we should just leave.”

“Nay, he’d put us back and tie us as he tied me before. He’ll want us at hand so he can threaten us, to force them to tell him all he wants to know.”

“Do you know what that is?”

“I know what he wants,” Isobel admitted. “I don’t know where it is.”

“What is it?”

“What did Hugo tell you?”

“Just that Waldron thinks the Sinclairs have something belonging to the Roman Kirk.” She paused, hoping Isobel would tell her more. When she did not, Sorcha said with a sigh, “He said he cannot tell me what it is because he has sworn an oath not to. But you cannot have sworn any such oath, so tell me what you know.”

“I promised, too, Sorcha. I must not.”

Fairly groaning with frustration, Sorcha said, “Men play the game of life with stupid rules, and you are doing the same thing. Here we are, our lives at risk because of such a game, and you will not tell me even the little you know.”

“Would you, if you had sworn not to talk about something important?”

“Aye, sure… nay, perhaps not,” Sorcha said, realizing that if she had made such a promise to Hugo, or to Michael or Hector Reaganach, she would feel obliged to keep her word. With another sigh, she said, “No, I wouldn’t in such a case, but this is different, because we are sisters. You should know you can trust me.”

“I do know that. I can even trust you not to press me further now that I have explained why I cannot speak.”

Recognizing defeat, for the moment, Sorcha gave up.

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