Highland Warrior by Monica McCarty

Author:Monica McCarty [McCarty, Monica]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
ISBN: Mcca_9780345512857
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Published: 2009-01-30T06:00:00+00:00

The short journey across the Clyde from Toward to Rothesay proceeded without event, and by midafternoon, Caitrina found herself ensconced in Rothesay Castle, the luxurious former Stewart stronghold with its unique design of circular towers that would serve as her home until Ascog could be repaired. It was far grander than any place she’d ever lived and took some getting used to—as did having a husband.

Over the next few days, they established a tenuous truce. One forged in the darkness of the night, where nothing could come between desire and passion. He’d come to bed late, take off his clothes before the smoldering fire, slip into bed beside her naked, and wait for her to come to him. As he’d done the first night, he never let her forget it was her choice—she was the one in control. And like a moth to the flame she was helpless to resist the primitive calling.

In the darkness, where no one could see her need, she reached for him. Sliding her hands over his big powerful body, savoring the strength flexing under her fingertips, she gave free rein to her desire. She told him with her passion what she could not say with words—of her hunger, of her wanting, for him. And with a tenderness that she would have thought impossible for such a powerful man, he fed that hunger, giving her pleasure beyond anything she’d ever imagined.

But as tender and loving as he was in bed, and as much as Caitrina had learned of his body, in many ways her husband was still a stranger to her. The light moments of intimacy they’d shared after that first night had not returned. He cradled her in his arms, but he never tried to talk to her, never shared his thoughts. They spoke in gasps and groans, in quickness of breath, and in tightening of muscles—the language of pleasure—sharing the secrets of their bodies but not of their hearts. She knew how to take him in her hands and milk him until every muscle in his body clenched with the need to find release, how to tease, how to touch, but nothing of his feelings for her.

And in the morning when she woke, sore and sated, he was gone. It was as if he’d sensed her subtle retrenchment and had decided not to press her.

She almost wished he would.

Watching him organize the men to begin the repairs on Ascog, she wondered whether she’d imagined those brief moments of lightheartedness. He was every inch the chief—every inch the commander. Every inch a Campbell.

Only in the dark, wrapped in his arms, did she wonder if there was something more.

By unspoken agreement, they assiduously avoided any mention of his family—or of hers. But it hung between them: his cousin who ruled the Highlands with an iron fist and his brother who’d killed her father and destroyed her home—not to mention Jamie’s own fearsome reputation.

As her cousin John had suspected, Caitrina had been overly optimistic in her kin’s understanding of her predicament.

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