Caelen's Wife, Book Two by Suzan Tisdale

Author:Suzan Tisdale [Tisdale, Suzan]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Suzan Tisdale

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Fiona’s mind would not settle, would not allow her the sleep she desperately needed. Each time she closed her eyes she would see Caelen’s face, filled with pain, pain she had caused him.

An ache had settled deep in her heart. An ache so profound and intense that she did not think she would ever be rid of it. Alone in her room, she sat on the wide windowsill, wrapped in a blanket, chilled to the bone. She stared out across the rocky land into the indigo sky, sprinkled with stars and a crescent moon. And she wept quietly, praying and wishing for things she could not have.

The wound of having to leave Caelen, of having to turn away the chance at being his wife, was still so fresh and raw. Fiona wondered if ’twould ever heal or if ’twould simply continue to fester until she was nothing but a shell of the woman she had once been.

It had only been less than a sennight since last she’d seen him, but much had happened since she’d left the man she loved on the steps of his keep. When she’d left him there, she thought it had been the single most difficult decision of her life. Now? Now she was forced to make another that would, she knew, be even more difficult. Marry a man she did not love and knew she never would in order to secure the future and safety of her clan. Or, turn down the offer, and leave her clan vulnerable to more attacks, more raids, and the potential loss of more lives.

Oh, how she wished Bridgett were here to help her, to offer solid advice, a word of comfort. Bridgett would have understood how difficult this decision was and would have done her best to help Fiona through it, no matter which path she took.

How could she say yes and marry a man, who, though she liked him well enough, she could not imagine ever loving, at least not in the same way she loved Caelen? How could she willingly go to the altar and make a promise to love and honor Bhruic? ‘Twould not be fair to either of them or to Caelen.

How could she take another man into her bed and share her body with him? The thought brought forth more tears. In her heart, she knew that if she did say yes and marry Bhruic, every time he touched her she would think of Caelen. It would be Caelen’s lips she wanted pressed passionately against her own. And Caelen’s hands she would want and imagine gently caressing her skin, not Bhruic’s. And she was sure it would be Caelen’s voice she would hear whispering sweet words in her ears, his hot breath upon her skin, not Bhruic’s.

The marriage would be nothing but a lie from the beginning.

’Twould change her, ’twould make her a liar and she’d no longer be the woman she once was. The guilt would be unbearable.

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