A Highland Wolf Christmas by Spear Terry

Author:Spear, Terry [Spear, Terry]
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
ISBN: 9781402293764
Publisher: Sourcebooks Casablanca
Published: 2014-10-07T07:00:00+00:00

Chapter 14

Immediately, Guthrie’s blood surged with adrenaline, making him ready for battle. He recognized that Oran was engaging someone from the way his sword struck the aggressor’s weapon, and the speed and force with which he struck. Guthrie desperately wanted to see who was fighting Oran, but he kept Calla by his side and out of harm’s way in case it was a ploy to draw him away from her. He wasn’t about to leave her behind, and he wasn’t going to take her into the fray.

He glanced around to see if anyone else was carrying a sword. One man dressed as a World War I soldier in a khaki kilt, service dress jacket, and low boots. The man dressed as a Musketeer had one too, but he was gone.

Guthrie heard a sword hit a wall and drop to the wooden floor in the foyer. People who were watching the sword fight clapped. Cearnach came into the great hall and motioned to Guthrie that all was clear.

“I wonder what that was all about,” Calla said as the music started again.

“Not Baird or his men or he would have been…” Then Guthrie saw him, clear as day, dancing with a woman in a gold gown and mask.

“What?” Calla asked, turning to see what he was staring at.

“Baird’s here, dancing over there. Whoever was fighting with Oran must have been a diversion for Baird to get in.”

Calla’s breath hitched. The man wouldn’t leave her alone. But Guthrie knew they couldn’t fight him here. Baird had to know that too. Most likely, he was showing her that she couldn’t stop him from getting close and bothering her—not even with the MacNeills guarding her.

“And his two brothers and two of his cousins are here, dancing with other women,” she noticed.

“Aye.” Guthrie was about to tell her that they had to leave, as he’d first intended if Baird and his men showed up, but he really was trying to do this courtship business right. “Do you want to go?”

She frowned up at him. “Are you trying to get out of dancing with me all night? Besides, Ivy said he wasn’t welcome. She might ask him to leave herself.”

Guthrie smiled at her, got her a glass of mulled wine, and once he had his whisky, they stood watching the dancers for a moment. He conferred with his brothers and cousin about leaving, but aside from the initial sword fight, the McKinleys didn’t seem to be causing any more trouble or making any moves in Calla’s direction. Besides, to an extent, he agreed with her. He wouldn’t normally allow another wolf to run him off, not when they had every right to be here.

When they finished their drinks, he returned to the dance floor with her.

Baird and his kinsmen were dressed like pirates, with full-sleeved shirts, black masks, black trousers, and boots. Since the whole family had been a bunch of pirates, Guthrie didn’t think they were masquerading at all.

He soon closed his arms around Calla and

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