Highland Sorcerer (a Highland Sorcery novel) by Autrey Clover

Author:Autrey, Clover [Autrey, Clover]
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Romance
Publisher: Red Rover Books
Published: 2012-02-11T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Thirteen

Col's watch turned out to be the last one before dawn. The light watch he called it. The easiest watch usually assigned to him since his older brothers still treated him as a child needful of protection rather than a protector in his own right. His stiff bearing spoke of just what he thought of that notion, the underlying rebelliousness evident in the toss of his head. Charity had the feeling that if Edeen hadn't broached the matter of them running off to save Toren, that Col would have done it on his own anyhow.

They slipped easily past the little group of slumbering Highlanders that had been with Col and Shaw when they’d first found her at the castle. They slept wrapped in their long blanket-like plaids around the dying embers. On an unconscious level, they were all probably accustomed to the thread of Col's boots during the early watch and to the light steps of Edeen as she preferred to wake before the men and perform her morning ablutions in private. Though a few of the men stirred, none fully awoke.

Soon the three were in the forest, walking in silence while they made their way down slope toward the gray castle. By early afternoon, they came to the back of the stony fortress where Shaw and Col had first come upon Charity the previous day.

Col led them around to the front of the austere structure where there were, indeed, tall wooden gates and several guards stationed out front and two more up in the round towers to either side. There was also an adjoining stable where it looked as though many of the guards not stationed at the doors lingered.

Not that she could blame them. The castle seemed rather dank and foreboding. Who knew what they’d find inside. It reminded her of what she thought Sleeping Beauty's castle should look like, remote and surrounded by a dense forest. All it needed was giant thorns and the witch to turn into a dragon. Aldreth couldn’t turn into a dragon, could she?

Charity frowned at the thought.

Keeping well back in the brush, Edeen revealed her plan and Col immediately began arguing.

"I do not like it."

"Do ye think I'm enamored with your part in it?" Edeen countered. "Ye have to grab the guard in the first place whilst I merely retrieve what we need from his mind."

"Ye're my sister. I do not want ye probing minds of strange men."

"For the love of—" Edeen threw her hands up. "Now ye sound like Shaw and Toren."

"In this 'tis well I do."

Edeen crossed her arms beneath her breasts. "'Tis not. And for the matter, I do not want my younger brother risking himself against the witch's guard."

"Hired mercenary I could take in my sleep. Do ye think that I cannot?"

"No," Edeen conceded, laying her palm on his arm. "I believe in your skill. As I request ye to believe in mine. 'Tis for Toren we do this."

Oh nicely played. Charity was impressed with how easily Edeen manipulated her sibling.

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