Highlanders Never Forget (Wicked Willful Highlanders Book 3) by Julie Johnstone

Author:Julie Johnstone [Johnstone, Julie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fiction, romance
Publisher: Darbyshire Publishing
Published: 2023-11-29T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twelve

How in the world was she supposed to judge in only two fortnights if Alex was the one for her if he would not even look at her? Adeline glared at his back as they rode out for the long journey from his home and to hers. Stubborn, obstinate man. She loved that he was honorable, but it was getting in her way at the moment. She ground her teeth together so forcefully that she gasped when pain shot through her back tooth.

“What’s the matter with ye?” Elspeth asked beside her in a concerned tone.

Adeline stiffened. She’d intended to let Elspeth wallow in the misery that her lie about kissing Alex was surely causing her, but with each day that passed, Elspeth was sounding and looking more retched. Adeline opened her mouth to confront her sister, but Donnan pulled his horse up beside Elspeth. The misery that had been on Elspeth’s face was replaced by a sweet smile, though, when bestowed upon Donnan. Adeline had to bite her cheek not to snort at her sister’s performance. It seemed even in guilt Elspeth would not be deterred from her plan to ensnare Donnan.

Donnan leaned forward on his horse and looked directly at Adeline. “I wanted to come up beside ye, but yer beast would nae move.”

Adeline forced herself not to roll her eyes. “I told ye in the courtyard when she growled at ye that her name is Sciath.”

Sciath chose that exact moment to growl again, as if inserting her dislike of Donnan into the conversation. Adeline barely resisted the urge to coo “good dog” at Sciath.

“Yer dog,” Donnan said, the words clipped, “is going to have to learn who’s master or else she’ll be gone.”

“My dog,” Adeline bit back, “kens who’s master: me. And ye dunnae have any control over whether my dog stays or goes.”

“Adeline, really!” Elspeth squawked, but Adeline saw the hint of a smile trying to curl her sister’s lips.

“We shall see,” Donnan said in a harsh tone before knocking his legs against his horse, who propelled him forward until Donnan was in line beside Alex and their brother Fingal.

“Whatever does he mean by ‘we shall see’?” Elspeth asked.

Adeline stared at the backs of the three men, trying to figure out that very thing for herself. Something was amiss. “I dunnae ken,” she muttered, glancing at her sister, who was smiling hopefully at her. “Ye lied about Alex.”

A deep blush stole over Elspeth’s face. “I—” Elspeth began, then stopped. “Ye dunnae ken,” she said in a suffocated whisper of pure misery.

Whatever anger Adeline had been clinging to disappeared as she realized her sister was truly suffering. “Then tell me,” Adeline replied, extending an olive branch.

“Da asked me to do this for him.”

Adeline sucked in a sharp breath. Her father was so desperate for her not to end up with Alex that he’d used the fact that Elspeth longed to please him to get her to flirt with Alex. She knew her father had hoped that Adeline

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