Highlander’s Lost Pearl by Shona Thompson

Author:Shona Thompson
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Highland
Published: 2020-07-04T23:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER TWELVE

A fter Peigi had helped clean up the hall once all the clansmen and women had left for the night, she, too, headed to bed, eager for a good night’s sleep. She knew that it was unlikely she would sleep at all though, since she simply could not stop thinking about Hendry and Beitris together.

She should be happy for him, of course. She knew that. She should be pleased that he was going to be married to a woman as beautiful and as noble as Beitris, a woman who was meant for him and could make him happy.

Still, Peigi couldn’t simply push the jealousy deep inside her, where it would never see the light of day again. At least for that one night, she would allow herself to mourn for the love that was never meant to be.

Just as she was about to slip under the covers, the door of her bedroom was flung open, and Hendry jumped inside her room, hastily closing the door behind him and leaning against it to catch his breath. Peigi could do nothing other than clutch the blanket from her bed against her chest, covering what her nightshift couldn’t hide.

“Hendry!” she hissed, her heart pounding in her chest. “What are ye doing here? Leave! Leave before Glenna comes back!”

“Glenna isnae coming to this room tonight,” he said, though he kept glancing at the door, as though he feared that someone would burst right through it, just like he had. “Och, I was almost caught by Edan and Grier, but I dinnae think they saw me . . . and if they did, I doubt that they kent who I was.”

That did not answer Peigi’s question. If anything, it only made her even more confused.

“What do ye mean? Where is Glenna?” she asked. “And what are ye doing here? Leave!”

“I saw her with Irving. Trust me, she willnae be coming back tonight,” Hendry assured her, as he walked towards her and clasped her hands in his, even as she was still holding onto the blanket. “Peigi I . . . I love ye. Yer in my dreams when I sleep, and in my heart when I wake. I search for ye in every face, I ache when yer not near. I tried to deny it, not once, but many times. No matter what I say or do, nothing can change how I feel about ye.”

Peigi sighed at that, her hands holding onto Hendry’s own tightly as she gave him a small, sad smile. She took a step forward until their foreheads were touching and spoke softly as she closed her eyes.

“Hearing ye say that, Hendry, it’s . . . it’s everything I wanted. I love ye, too,” she said. “I love ye in a way that I thought no human could ever love.”

Hendry leaned closer to press a kiss on Peigi’s lips, but she pulled back, letting go of his hands. It was simply too much for her. She couldn’t bear hearing those words, not while knowing that they could never be together.

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