Highland Nights by Donna Grant

Author:Donna Grant [Grant, Donna]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2015-03-31T04:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER NINETEEN

Nay.

Gregor refused to believe his mother's words. Surely MacNeil wouldn't dare.

He took a step toward Fiona but felt a prick of a sword tip against his chest.

"Where do you think you are going?" MacNeil asked. "Could it be that you don't like the thought of Fiona drowning in the same waters where you killed your sister."

"You bastard," Gregor growled. "How the hell did you discover that?"

" 'Twas easy really. You would be amazed at how men will talk once their far into their cups."

This isn't how Gregor wanted Fiona to learn about what he had done, but 'twas too late now. MacNeil wanted her to know the details and there was nothing Gregor could do to stop him.

"Tell me," MacNeil continued as he circled Fiona. "Did Anne struggle much?"

"Hold strong, Gregor," his father said behind him.

MacNeil threw back his head and laughed. "You banished him and refused to admit you had a son, now you want to give him advice?"

"Leave them out of this," Gregor said. "They did what they thought they had to do."

"Aye," MacNeil agreed. "I would have done the same thing to a son that murdered my daughter. What I want to know is why, Gregor? She was younger than you and not a threat."

Gregor bit his tongue to keep his face from showing any emotion. He would be damned before he let MacNeil know how this affected him.

MacNeil tapped the flat side of the dagger against his palm. "Younger and a lass, so not a threat to you at all. Unless she saw you begin to be what you truly are. Tell me, Gregor, did you kill someone and she saw you?"

Gregor closed his eyes when he heard his mother gasp. He jerked his gaze to MacNeil. "By the saints, you will pay for your lies."

MacNeil laughed again. "Oh, so maybe it was just neglect that killed Anne. You should be proud of your son, my lady," he said and turned toward Gregor's mother. "His kills are legendary in the Highlands. Many lairds have paid highly for his services. I'm sure he will tell you all about them if you ask."

Gregor was fast loosing the last thread of his control. He didn't know how much more of this he could take. He thought he had buried all this so deep it would never touch him again. He should have known better.

"Well, I think 'tis time," MacNeil said and took off Fiona's blindfold.

Gregor wouldn't look at her. He didn't think he could stand to see the hatred in her eyes. 'Twas the very reason he had refused to tell her anything about Anne and her death.

"Remember what I told you," he heard MacNeil tell Fiona before he led her to a boat and put her inside.

Gregor's heart began to pound. It had had been the same boat Anne had used the day of her death. Anne's face surfaced in his memories. She grinned impishly up at him with her bright blue eyes and blonde hair as he set her in the small boat.

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