A Healer for the Highlander by Terri Brisbin

Author:Terri Brisbin
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Tags: Highland
Published: 2018-08-21T19:04:51+00:00

Chapter Fourteen

The light that pierced the darkness through a window high on the wall made the floating dust appear as burning snowflakes. They filled the chamber now, scattered by Anna’s feverish swipes across the tops of the dozens and dozens of glass and glazed jars and bottles there on the long table.

The dust danced in that bright stream and then drifted back down towards the place where she’d cleaned. For a moment, she lost herself in the way the tiny specks shimmered there. As she stared at them, these sparkly bits reminded Anna of the way the lantern’s light had reflected in Davidh’s eyes as he leaned in and kissed her. Somehow, the flickering light of the burning lamp found shades there in what she’d thought were simply brown eyes.

Gold and silver hidden deep within the browns and the flickering light had caught the sparkles. A long, soft sigh escaped her once more. Leaning back against the table, she shook her head and tried to concentrate on the task, the very large task, at hand. She’d lost too much time this day falling into memories of that kiss.

That kiss.

She touched her lips then, for his mouth on hers and the possessive way he claimed hers made hers swell.

It would have been a simple kiss had she not lost control of the growing desire that seemed stronger with each encounter. She had pressed against him and even wrapped herself around his tall, muscular body in a very scandalous manner. Never having been the one to initiate such things, it surprised Anna that she would have done such a thing, especially on the same day as the attack. It was almost as though the vulnerability after the attack that day had unleashed a need in her. All the while, she knew that Davidh would never harm her or take advantage or take more than she willingly offered. A strange balance of fear and comfort had urged her on to do what she’d done.

The problem was that she wanted to offer him anything she had to give. She wanted him in a way that was different from any man she’d met since Malcolm. There had been discreet and short-lived involvements in the last few years, but they’d meant nothing and were over and done quickly. What Anna truly feared was that this was more than a need to be satisfied with a few bouts of bed play.

It was also something she would need to face if she and her son would be staying here in Achnacarry among the Camerons. Particularly if she was remaining in his house. She’d never considered that being in such close quarters—something that was necessary to bring her son into closer dealings with his clan—would have been so dangerous to her own self-control.

Maybe there was something here among the good brother’s concoctions and tonics that could cool her desire for the commander? Anna chose a dark brown bottle of some thick syrup and pulled the cork free releasing a terrible smell into the chamber.

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