Highlander's Lurking Threat by Ava McArthur

Author:Ava McArthur
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Tags: Highland
Published: 2020-09-05T23:00:00+00:00

“How is she?” Lorna jumped up from the table and threw her arms around her son, who embraced her tightly in return.

“Her fever has broken,” he answered with a thankful sigh. “The signs are good that she will make a full recovery. I am so thankful, Mother. I prayed as I have never prayed before. I cannot lose Elspeth, especially so soon after Craig.”

Lorna put her hand over her son’s on the table. “You love her,” she said softly.

It was a statement, not a question, and he looked at her in astonishment. He could not be in love; it was too soon. They had hardly had time to get to know each other yet, and even if their bodies adored each other, it was too early to be certain about their hearts.

Niall shook his head. “Mother, we have not been together long enough to know. I care for her, and she is a very kind woman, but love? I do not know.”

I do, Lorna thought. She could see it in Niall’s eyes and hear it in his voice every time he looked at his wife and talked to her, and when he said her name, it lingered on his tongue as if he was savoring it. He touched her constantly, sometimes without realizing he was doing it. He could deny it all he wanted, but Niall McLaren was hopelessly and irrevocably in love. All he had to do was realize it, accept it, and he would be the happiest man in the world.

“I wonder if our healer is as skilled as she tells everyone she is,” Niall said doubtfully as he poured himself a glass of wine. “Elspeth was burning with fever, and all she wanted to do was make her hotter.”

“Have more faith, Son,” Lorna urged. “I have always heard that the best way to cure a fever was to break it by doing just what Maggie did. She has delivered more babies and cured more sickness than you or I will ever know, but she is not God. Only He decides who lives and who dies. Now, please eat.”

Niall realized that he was desperately hungry, but he did not want to be away from Elspeth for too long, so he began to shovel down his food with unseemly haste.

“She will still be there after your dinner,” Lorna said, smiling. “By the way, I hear that you went to meet some of the tenants yesterday. Did you enjoy the experience?”

“Yes, I did, but Elspeth enjoyed it even more. She met a newborn baby for the first time.” He laughed. “Mother, you should have seen her face. She was so happy!”

“And so were you, judging by your face,” Lorna remarked, her eyes twinkling. “I take it I will be a grandmother soon?”

“We are trying very hard,” Niall said, avoiding his mother’s eyes and blushing.

Lorna smiled. “Why were you so angry after doing the accounts yesterday? I know they bore you, but surely they do not enrage you?”

Niall growled. “Because Alec, our steward, accused me of being lazy,” he answered.

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