Falling for the Highlander by Lynsay Sands

Author:Lynsay Sands
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: 2017-01-31T08:00:00+00:00

“Ye can breathe again, lass. ’Tis done.”

Murine let her breath out on a small sob and buried her face in the furs she’d bunched under her face as Rory had worked on removing the arrow. It had been as bad as she’d expected and it had taken a great effort of will not to scream and thrash as he’d worked. Only the thought that doing so would make it take longer and prolong her suffering had kept her still, but her entire body had trembled with the effort as she’d struggled against the pain.

Thank God it was over, she thought and then stiffened, a startled shriek of agony slipping from her lips as he poured something cold on the wound that then seemed to burst into flame. At least it felt as if it were burning the skin off her back. It took a moment for her to realize he must have poured something on to clean the wound. That always hurt like the devil.

“Sorry,” Rory murmured, sounding sincere in his apology. “I should ha’e given ye warning.”

Murine just shook her head and panted for breath as the pain began to recede.

“I’m going to put a salve on now. It should numb the—” His words broke off as the door suddenly burst open to allow Dougall to stumble in with Aulay, Conran, Niels and Geordie all hanging off him, trying to hold him back. Alick brought up the rear, following them into the room as Dougall crossed half the distance to the bed before his brother’s efforts managed to bring him to a halt.

“What’s happened?” he growled, his eyes locked on Murine and staying there. “Are ye all right?”

“Aye. I was just startled,” she breathed and offered a weak smile. Murine was very aware that she was lying there with her back completely bare. Rory had cut away the material of her gown to work on removing the arrow. That made two gowns ruined, and the only two she’d brought with her, she thought wearily.

When Rory ignored Dougall and the others and began to apply a soothing salve to her wound, she closed her eyes and pillowed her head on her arms. The salve stung at first despite his light touch, but that sting quickly fled, leaving nothing. He’d started to say something about the salve and numbing before Dougall had burst in. It worked very well.

Once the worst of the pain faded, Murine opened her eyes and lifted her head to see that Dougall and his brothers all stood, staring with a sort of horrified fascination as Rory treated her wound. It made suspicion rise within her. The original wound had probably been smallish, the size of the arrowhead that had pierced her, but Rory had had to dig it out. She’d seen the arrow spoon he’d used, but she’d also caught a glimpse of a knife and suspected he’d had to enlarge the wound to fit the spoon in. She hadn’t really been able to tell. The pain had pretty much been horrible from start to finish.

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