Highlander’s Devious Ally by Adamina Young

Author:Adamina Young
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Highland
Published: 2019-11-15T16:00:00+00:00

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SIX YEARS EARLIER

“F indlay!” Ranald cried, striding towards his younger brother. “For God’s sake leave that horse alone or I will use this on you!” He was carrying a horsewhip and he brandished it threateningly as he spoke. Findlay kissed the beautiful velvet nose and stepped back, although he knew that Ranald would never have carried out his threat. The two brothers were devoted to each other, although in way of boys that age, neither would ever have admitted it.

Their kinship was unmistakable. They could have been twins apart from the fact that Ranald was four inches taller and had left behind his treble voice. Findlay at sixteen was a late developer and was still going through the awkward, voice-breaking stage of his adolescence. It embarrassed him beyond measure when his deep manly voice suddenly broke into a humiliating squeak.

They both had black shiny hair and dark blue eyes, and any observer could see that Findlay was going to have the same sturdy physique as his brother. Findlay hero-worshiped Ranald, especially when pretty girls paid him attention and let him kiss their hands. Ranald used to practice kissing his own hand just to see what it felt like, but somehow he knew it was not quite the same. Kissing the thicker skin of a not-quite man’s skin was not the same as the soft skin of a girl. Neither did it provoke a dazzling dimpled smile from the recipient.

The boys’ mother had died when Findlay was born, so the two were brought up by their father, who died when Findlay was twelve. He had gone on a sea voyage to Spain and had never come back, and later it was discovered that his ship had gone down in a storm with no survivors.

They had a sister too who wanted to be a nun, and Ranald had to be father for all of them. She and Finlay where twins but still, not as close as the two brothers where. Ranald was almost ready to take over the family farm, which was quite prosperous and had been running quite profitably under the auspices of Uncle Adam, his father’s brother.

Ranald’s pride and joy was his newly-acquired mare Sheba, a well-built but fine-boned riding horse. He had paid a small fortune for her and took care of her as if she were his own child. He had sometimes even been known to sleep in the stables with her. He had no excuse; he merely wanted to be near her.

“You treat that horse like a girl!” Findlay accused him, laughing. “Even the chambermaids laugh at you!”

“Away and get your head back in your work!” Ranald growled. “And remember that next time I really will hit you! I should have done it months ago!”

Findlay laughed. Ranald always came out with the same threat but had never once carried it out.

Findlay and Ranald did not have a castle of their own, but the farm had a ten-bedroom house and they employed four servants, made their own butter,

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