Highland Destiny by Hannah Howell

Author:Hannah Howell [Howell, Hannah]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Romance, Historical, (¯`'•.¸//(*_*)\\¸.•'´¯)
ISBN: 9781420102598
Publisher: Zebra
Published: 1997-12-31T13:00:00+00:00

Balfour leaned against the parapet and stared at the sky, impatiently waiting for the sun to rise. He had not slept and had had very little to eat. His emotions were too fiercely confused for him to rest. He was terrified that Beaton would soon know enough to totally defeat them, and that Maldie was out there wandering the land with no food, no water, no blanket, and no protection. Even now he could not make up his mind if she was guilty or innocent.

What troubled him most was that, even if he found her and brought her back to Donncoill, he could never hold her again. If she was innocent, he had shown her that he could not trust her, and that would surely kill any feeling she had for him. Maldie was a very proud woman and he had treated her as if she was the lowest sort of traitor, implying that she was little more than a whore using her body to pry secrets out of the enemy. If she was guilty, he could never trust her again, could not allow her to stay near enough to him to sway him again.

"Laddie, ye shall wear that wee brain out if ye continue to spend all your hours thinking o'er things that have no answer,” James said as he moved up next to Balfour, yawned, and scratched his stomach. “Ye havenae slept at all, have ye?"

"Nay. I paced the floor and stared at the walls of my bedchamber. Now I stare at the sky and curse the sun for being such a slow-moving fellow."

James laughed and shook his head. “Ye should have rested, for we may have us a verra long day."

"Weel, aye, there is a lot of land to search and Maldie is a wee lass. She may not be so easy to find."

"There is that. There is also the fact that we may have to rush to battle."

"Why should we?"

"Why? Ye clearly havenae been spending all night thinking thoughts to help your clan or save your brother.” James reached out and patted Balfour on the arm when the man flushed guiltily. “Nay, dinnae take that as a rebuke. I understand how such a bonnie lass can consume a mon's thoughts."

"Aye, she did, although I doubt I can recall half of what I thought or if it would make sense if I did, for I am verra confused. Did she flee because she is guilty or because she is furious? Is she running to Beaton or to somewhere else, to those kinsmen she ne'er told us about? Is she the worst sort of whore whom I must toss aside, or will she toss me aside because I have so gravely insulted her it cannae be forgiven? Question after question and no way to answer them, for I dinnae have the most important answer of all—is she working for Beaton?"

"And that is the most important question of all at this moment. There is no way of kenning the truth, but we can no longer wait until we have it.

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