Highlander Redeemed by Wittig Laurin

Author:Wittig, Laurin [Wittig, Laurin]
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Publisher: Montlake Romance
Published: 2015-05-12T05:00:00+00:00

SCOTIA WATCHED AS Duncan strode away from her. Her mind was reeling at his harsh words. She had seen the surprise, and the instant of pleasure that had made Duncan’s dark eyes shine, but then it had been replaced with an awkward anger, or maybe just disappointment.

Failed? She had not failed! She had surprised him, Duncan, the best tracker in the clan. She had hidden herself even better than he had asked her to, waiting patiently until she knew when he had climbed out of that tree and gone to find a watcher. She had already noted where more branches, vines, and bracken lay nearby before she’d even completed the first hide, so it took only moments for her to construct the second one and take her place beneath it. From that point on she had followed Duncan’s orders, awaiting his return while staying alert for any passing English.

Anticipation of his appreciation for her ingenuity had made it easy to crouch, weapons in hand, her attention and senses fixed on the area around her for a long time. She had known the moment he had climbed that damned tree again, and it was only then that she found it hard to await his return.

Now she wished he had never returned. Damned man.

“Where are we going?” Scotia hissed from behind him, still picking leaves from her hair.

Duncan sliced a hand through the air, his sign for silence, and kept going, irritating her beyond her ability to keep silent.

“Duncan!” She knew better than to yell at him, which is what she would have done even a fortnight ago, but she was determined to explain why she did not follow his instructions exactly but that she had followed what he had intended by them.

When he kept moving without even that stupid hand signal for silence, she said his name again. “Duncan!” This time she let her voice be a little louder. “I did nothing wrong.”

Still he ignored her, though his pace increased, making it harder for her to keep up with his long strides.

“What is wrong with you?!” she asked. “I did—”

“Haud yer wheesht!” he said over his shoulder, but he didn’t look at her.

Stupid, idiotic, bothersome, irritating, silent man. Scotia let the litany of angry descriptions swirl in her head, over and over again, until she could barely contain her anger at his dismissal and withdrawal from her. She had done almost exactly as he had required, so she would not endanger his agreement to train her. That one small change had not put her in any more danger than she might already have been in, and it made her position even more secure. Duncan should be proud of her for making his order even better.

“Duncan,” she tried again, “stop! You know as well as I that I did not fail to follow your orders.”

The only sign that he even heard her was that stupid hand signal once more.

Irritation turned to ire. She was not wrong. He was, but he would never admit that to her.

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