Highland Promise by Stephanie Marks

Author:Stephanie Marks
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Highland
Published: 2019-07-11T16:00:00+00:00

“Wake up,”

Catriona was jerked awake by the toe of a hard boot being shoved into her tender side. She had been tied to a tree all night, and her arms, legs, and backside were all feeling incredibly numb. She couldn’t help but wonder if this was her payment for what she had done to the kitchen maid in order to make her escape. Catriona hoped that the girl had been found before too long. Her stomach twisted with guilt and worry at the thought of the young girl, trapped in Catriona’s bedchamber all night, but someone must have gone in search of her once she had been away from the kitchen for too long.

Catriona winced as she was jabbed in the side again, this time more sharply. She tried to ignore the boot and kept her eyes closed in a weak attempt to welcome back the oblivion that sleep allowed.

“I said, wake up!” There was another, harder kick to the side, one that she could not ignore, and Catriona cried out in pain.

“Enough!” she snapped. “I am awake.”

“It's time for us to head out. If ye give me any problems when I untie ye, ye'll taste the back of my hand, understood?”

Catriona nodded and sat still while the man untied the ropes that bound her to the tree. The man took her by her arm and hauled her to her feet. Her knees felt week and a sharp tingling pain shot through her limbs as the blood flow returned to them.

“Come on, then,” he said.

“I... cannot go yet,” Catriona said, her face flushing with embarrassment.

“I dinna remember asking ye for your opinion on the matter.”

“I must... I must relieve myself,” she whispered.

The man glared at her and waited.

“Well I cannot do it here! All I am asking for is a bit of privacy,” she told him.

“Well, ye will not be going by yourself.”

Catriona's face was flaming but she did not argue with the man. She knew it would do her no good. But there was no way she would relieve herself in the view of the entire group of men.

“Can I ye not at least accompany somewhere a bit more secluded?”

The man sighed in annoyance and tugged her roughly off towards a patch of bushes.

“And where do ye think ye’re headed off to with the lass, eh?” one of the other men called.

“Our Lady Drummond here needs to take a piss!” her escort called back loudly.

Catriona wished for the ground to open up and swallow her. She thought that she would die of embarrassment. The raucous waves of laughter assaulted her back as she hurried to position herself behind the bush.

She bent over to gather up her gown but when she looked up she saw that the man was watching her, and she froze.

“Ye cannot possibly expect me to do this with ye watching me?” she snapped.

“Boss said that I'm not to take my eyes off of ye or else I'll end up as dead as auld Angus over there.” He jerked his thumb over his shoulder to where Angus still lay cold in the dirt.

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