A Rogue at the Highland Court by Celeste Barclay

Author:Celeste Barclay [Barclay, Celeste]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Highland
Published: 2020-04-09T16:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO

Three nights after the encounter with Angus, Allyson slipped into the garden an hour after her family retired for the night. She wandered toward the spot where she and Ewan had kissed, but she was positive her heart stopped when she spied a couple. She couldn’t believe her eyes as she watched Ewan locked in a passionate embrace with Mary. He had his hand somewhere beneath her skirts, and the bodice of her kirtle sagged about her shoulders. Allyson was certain she would be ill as her world crumbled around her all over again. She lifted her skirts and ran, ran directly into a broad chest that was so like Ewan’s but couldn’t be because he was kissing her sister. She pushed past him and ran toward the postern gate.

“Allyson? Allyson, wait! Allyson,” Ewan called as he chased after her. He’d seen his brother and wanted to bash his head in. He also understood Allyson assumed Eoin was him and that it was Eoin chasing her. “Ally, stop! Ally!”

He was the only person to call her Ally, and that permeated her hazy mind as she rested her hands and forehead against the gate.

Ewan caught her and turned her, but she swatted him away. He grasped her hand and brought her finger to his lip and ran it over the scar that sliced it. He was aware she used it to tell them apart, and he was certain she felt it when they kissed.

“It’s me, Ewan, Ally,” he whispered as she collapsed against him, heaving sobs shaking her slender frame. “I’m sure you assumed it was me, but it’s Eoin.”

He held her, but the longer she trembled, the more concerned he became. Ewan realized she had reached her breaking point, and his arse of a brother pushed her over it. He scooped her into his arms and carried her back to the garden. He would sort this mess out, possibly murder his brother and her sister, and then comfort her until she understood that he’d not hurt for all the treasures in the world.

“No. Don’t make me go back there. No, please. Ewan, no.” Allyson whimpered in his arms as she attempted to burrow further into his chest.

“Wheest, aingeal.” Angel. The idea made Allyson hiccup as she laughed.

“I’m hardly that. I’d think you’d rather call me diabhal or deamhan.”

“You are neither the devil nor a demon, though I’d call my brother that. I’m ready to relegate him to hell.”

“No. Leave it alone. I know it’s not you. That’s all that matters to me.”

“It means a hell of a lot more to me. I’m not having your nasty sister spreading tales that it was me, and I know Eoin. He has a reason for this. I doubt I’ll agree with it, but it exists.”

Ewan lowered Allyson to her feet before storming over to his brother, who hovered over Mary’s reclined body on a bench. He grabbed a handful of Eoin’s leine and ripped him away. He plowed his fist into the underside of Eoin’s chin, making his twin’s head snap backwards.

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