Chased By The Highlander: A Scottish Time Travel Romance-Highlander Forever Book 9 by Preston Rebecca

Author:Preston, Rebecca
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2021-09-22T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 17

"A while ago, I was in a gang of goblins. Really bad guys," Darter said, eyes glowing like the embers of the fire in the hearth. "An Unseelie band who were determined to come through the Burgh and steal and loot and cause havoc in the human world. We were pretty tough," he said, puffing his chest out a little. "Everyone was scared of us — especially the leader, Grimtooth. He was a Redcap, and he was the toughest guy in town."

"Tell them what happened to your arm, Darter." Maggie didn't seem too impressed by the little goblin's posturing.

Helena hid a smile at the familiar tone of quiet impatience in her voice. She'd heard that tone from family members before. Maggie was fond of this goblin — fond like family, no matter how gruff she might want to appear.

"Grimtooth made me dive to the bottom of the Loch with a piece of iron," he said softly, his eyes dark. "He wanted me to wedge the door to the Burgh open with the iron so that hundreds and thousands of goblins could pour through and take over the town."

Helena had a feeling she was missing something. Duncan had taken a sharp breath in through his teeth and was shaking his head, and even Maggie looked a little unwell.

"And what happened?" she pressed when it seemed that the story was over. "Did you get your arm caught in the door?"

"It was made of iron," Darter said blankly, staring at her as though she was stupid.

Maggie clicked her tongue. "Did you really not tell the girl anything, Duncan? Shame on you."

"Forgive me, Maggie. Iron does great damage to Faerie creatures," Duncan said, giving Maggie a properly shamed look before turning to Helena. "Even a light touch is enough to burn their skin and weaken them greatly. Holding an iron bar for an extended period of time… well, you can see what happened."

Darter held his ruined arm out, his eyes serious. She looked, surprised by how withered and shriveled the arm was, especially compared to his other arm, which by contrast was strong and hearty, with sharp little talons on the tip of each slender figure. "You poor thing," she said softly. "It must have hurt, huh?"

"So much," he said, eyes shadowed.

"You were brave," she told him. "Very brave. So brave that you got hurt. A useful lesson, maybe?"

"I think so," Darter said softly. "I'm never going to trust an Unseelie goblin again. They told me that the humans were our enemies, but it was a human who saved me. Nancy Grant," he added.

Helena's eyes widened, remembering the cheerful girl who'd chatted so brightly the night before.

"She helped me, saved me from the other goblins when they tried to hurt me worse. Then she swam down and saved the mortals by taking the iron away from the Burgh."

"And ever since, Darter's been a friend," Duncan said with a smile, reaching over to touch the little goblin gently on the shoulder. "A Seelie goblin."

The little creature puffed his chest out, clearly proud of this designation, and Helena smiled.

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