Highlander's Heart by Amanda Forester

Author:Amanda Forester [Forester, Amanda]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fiction, General, Contemporary, Romance, Historical
ISBN: 9781402253065
Publisher: Sourcebooks
Published: 2011-11-01T04:00:00+00:00

Twenty-Three

Campbell took a deep breath and released the anxiety, bordering on panic, he had suppressed for the past several days. The midday sun filtered down through the trees in yellow ribbons. He had found her. Cait was alive. It was a moment to cherish.

“What now?” asked Dain.

And the moment was over. Campbell had sent Cait on ahead with Gill, and Finn and half his men to protect her. She needed to get off dangerous McNab land and return home as quick as may be.

Campbell’s joy and utter relief at finding Cait alive was tempered by the grim task of having to deal with her abductor. She had pleaded for him, but Campbell had seen with his own eyes this young man take scandalous advantage of his sister. Not to mention being found with two of Campbell’s stolen horses. He was definitely one of the men who kidnapped Cait. A McNab no doubt, given their location.

The captured McNab sat slumped against a tree, his head on his knees. Campbell walked over to him and kicked his boot. McNab looked up, revealing a youthful face. Campbell shook his head. It was sad to see a lad so young go bad. The lad had been crying, probably out of fear for his life. He should be afraid.

“What is yer name, lad?” Campbell received no reply. “Tell me true what happened to Lady Cait.”

The dejected youth shook his head and remained silent. Campbell wanted answers. He wanted to know who had abducted Cait and why she had begged for this lad’s life to be spared. He could no doubt beat out the truth, but that was not Campbell’s way.

Campbell turned to answer his brother. “Dain, mount up the men to ride. When we arrive at Innis Chonnel tomorrow, we’ll need to gather our forces and march against McNab. This cur did not act alone in abducting Cait. I will not rest until I have the man responsible.”

“Nay, wait,” said the youth. “Dinna march against the McNab clan; they are innocent in this.”

“Then tell me who abducted my sister,” growled Campbell.

The lad struggled to his feet and glanced around at Campbell’s men who surrounded him. “It was me, Andrew McNab. I did it. I took the Lady Cait and her maid.”

“Ye dinna do this alone. Who else was wi’ ye?”

“Some ruffians I hired. Not McNab’s men. Please, dinna punish my clan for something that was my fault alone.”

“Where is the maid, Alys?”

“She is safe, I swear it. She will be returned to ye.”

“If ye were the one who captured Cait, why did she say ye did no’ take her?”

“I… I made a deal wi’ her that I would free her if she dinna tell it was me.”

“When I caught ye, ye were not freeing her, ye were molesting her. Do ye care to explain that?”

Andrew looked down at his shoes. “Part of the deal was she would give me a kiss.”

Campbell slapped the lad, who crumpled to the ground. “Deceitful knave. Ye were no’ going to release her, were ye?”

Andrew shook his bowed head and spoke in a voice barely audible.

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