Highland Honor by Dana D'Angelo

Author:Dana D'Angelo
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: historical romance, scottish romance, medieval scotland, highlander romance, highlander series, historical 16th century, romance action adventure love, scotland fantasy, highlander fantasy, scotland historical romance
Publisher: Dana D'Angelo

Chapter 12

Now that his mount had settled in the stable, Griogair turned his attention to making his companion more comfortable. It was true that he had pushed the stallion too hard, and the animal needed to rest in a sheltered area for at least one night. Luckily the yarrow had worked its magic. While the steed sneezed and coughed occasionally, he no longer appeared as sickly as when they first ventured into Ellison territory.

Reflecting over the events of the day, Griogair found that he was no closer to his goal. After he had helped the widow from the fire, he had a chance to observe the people. They were too distraught to answer questions, and he was doubtful as to whether they knew anything about Niall. For all he knew, his foster brother could be situated anywhere among the rolling hills, or in the forested area that surrounded the peel tower. It would take him days to find the lad. And if Griogair took the wrong direction, it might even take him weeks.

But the puzzle started to come together when he questioned Sileas earlier about the raiders. As she revealed what she knew about the invasions, his suspicions were raised. His instincts told him that his foster brother was somehow connected to the clan attacks. Niall had entered this district only a week ago, and it seemed too coincidental that the disturbances started in the same time frame. It was unlikely that Niall was aware that he harassed only the weak and vulnerable. He was unpredictable, and the sooner Griogair got to him, the faster he could convince his foster brother to stop his terrorizing.

Still, the one thing that he found curious about this place was that the able-bodied men had left the women, aged clansmen and bairns to fend for themselves. Perhaps they did things differently in this region. The Borderlands were populated with hardened folk who had seen countless wars, and who were victims to crimes from both sides of the border. Every time the English invaded Scottish soil, they caused as much destruction and upheaval as possible. And with the multitude of wars that occurred throughout the centuries, the people were conditioned to be suspicious of any strangers that passed through their land. Little by little, they lost their regard for the authorities, and stood by rules of their own making. They became formidable fighters and were excellent horsemen. Knowing the background of the Lowlanders, Griogair recognized that in their own way, they were honorable men. And because of this, it didn’t make any sense why the Ellisons would sell a set of horses to them, and then turned around and steal them back.

His mount let out a sneeze. Automatically, Griogair reached a reassuring hand and rested it on the beast’s neck.

“Ye will find comfort here for the night,” he murmured as he started to take off the saddle and padding. Fortunately the horse’s illness wasn’t a serious one. The sickness came with the change of the season, and he knew that the stallion would recover soon enough.

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