Highlander’s Twisted Identity by Shona Thompson

Author:Shona Thompson
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Highland
Published: 2020-04-09T21:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER TWELVE

“F ather! Thank ye!” squealed Freya, her heart giving a little skip. Immediately, she jumped up, giving him a little peck on the cheek. Although Finlay smiled indulgently, he threw Wallace a warning glance, which was not missed by Freya.

This was more than she could possibly hope for. Signaling her thanks, the excited girl sped off, opening the doors to the stairs.

“Padraig, escort the lad to an empty bedchamber,” Finlay said with a nod of the head.

Wallace lingered a moment, hovering at the entrance to the stairwell, then turned to the laird. “Thank ye, sir,” he said, before leaving with her.

With an excited buzz, Freya took him by the elbow and walked him through the many corridors that lined the keep, followed by Padraig at a tactful distance.

As they walked, Wallace took in the labyrinthine tunnels that ran through the keep.

“Och, I never kent it was so big, or so confusing!” he said, his eyes darting into the darkened recesses of the corridor. “Anyone would think it’s been designed to get ye lost!”

Freya just gave a laugh, her merriment echoing merrily through the chambers and passages of the keep. But her laugh belied a slyness.

Following on behind, Padraig must surely have known that this was the longest possible route to the bedroom that Wallace had been allocated—but if he did, he said nothing, and simply followed behind, smiling benignly from the shadows of the corridor.

She led them along corridor after corridor. Wallace’s eyes opened wide and marveled at the size of the place.

“This is the servant’s quarter. There’s separate staircases and corridors for them,” she explained as they walked towards the very end of the corridor, where the light was even dingier.

“Och, I see,” said Wallace. Taking it all in, he craned his neck to see around the sudden twists and turns that lined their way.

“Here,” said Freya, reluctantly holding a creaky door open for the lad. They had reached their destination far too quickly for her liking, even if she had deliberately taken the long way around.

Gingerly, Wallace walked through the door that Freya held open for him. For a second or two, their eyes connected, glowing slightly in the pale moonlight. The servant’s quarter was even darker than the rest of the keep, with only a few meager candles to light the way down the twisting passage.

Freya, who was unaccustomed to the smell coming from the tallow candles, tried to gulp back the cloying stench. The heat did not help much either, combining the acrid aroma of sheep with the pong of stale sweat.

“I’ll open the window,” she said, fumbling through the dark of the chamber to the shuttered window. With some difficulty, she pushed it open.

“Here, I’ll dae that. Ye’ve done more than enough for me tonight,” said Wallace gently. His amber gaze beamed into hers through the milky moonlight that gave his complexion a silken sheen. Freya wanted nothing more than to lean in and continue the kiss which he had so hotly bestowed on her earlier.

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