Highlander's Redemption by Emma Prince

Author:Emma Prince [Prince, Emma]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Highland
Published: 2014-11-05T06:00:00+00:00

Chapter 24

Jossalyn felt the pull of sleep, but resisted for a few seconds. She wanted to savor this moment—it might be the only one like it with Garrick. She still needed to tell him that she wanted not only to stay in Scotland, but also to become directly involved in their fight for freedom. She hoped that after everything they had shared, he would understand and be willing to help her. But even if he wasn’t, she wouldn’t be deterred.

She would have to cross that bridge when she came to it, but for now, she wanted to soak in this moment, her head nestled against his shoulder, her body still humming from his touch. She had had no idea that what she had just experienced was possible—the aching need, the building pressure, and the flood of ecstasy that left her weak and limp like a milk-drunk kitten.

She let a smile creep to her lips at the thought that she had given the same experience to Garrick, both of them striving for and finding that tidal wave of pleasure with each other. She had always been told by her nursemaids and instructors on a lady’s behavior that being intimate with a man—with her husband, only ever her husband—was her duty. They had always made it seem like it was something to be endured, that men would want it from her, but that she herself would never desire or enjoy it.

How wrong they were.

Was it always like this? She doubted very much that whichever old widower her brother would have selected for her could make her feel the way she did in Garrick’s embrace. And she didn’t want to find out. She would never again let someone else make decisions for her, especially when it came to finding a mate for life. She knew she shouldn’t let herself indulge in girlish fantasies, but after all that she and Garrick had shared, she suddenly saw the dim promise of a new path ahead of her. Though hazy, she could imagine a future that was filled with the kind of passion that she had just discovered in herself—and maybe more.

Was it foolish of her to think that she could share a love with someone who accepted her for who she was? Perhaps, but she had also once believed that the kind of sensual fire she had just experienced didn’t exist.

And was it foolish of her to think that Garrick could be part of that future? She had tried before to push down her feelings for him, to not let herself grow too attached to him, and that was before she knew that he was a Scottish freedom fighter and a deadly shot with a bow. She shouldn’t let herself indulge in such sentimental wishing when she now knew that he was a warrior, not likely to be tied down to one place—or one woman, for that matter.

But the truth was, she did wish, in her heart of hearts, that she would never have to

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