His Bonnie Bride by Hannah Howell

Author:Hannah Howell [Howell, Hannah]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Fiction, Romance, General, Historical, Kidnapping Victims
ISBN: 9781420110227
Publisher: Kensington
Published: 2012-06-01T07:00:00+00:00

Tavis sat in the hall, drinking ale and talking with his family, but his mind was on Storm, not on what he was saying. Fighting weather was passing even in France, he presumed. Soon Lord Eldon would be coming home. The king could not hold all his high-born knights at his side even if he opted to stay in France for the winter. By now word of the trouble at home must have reached Lord Eldon, and Tavis had no doubt that the man would be hieing it back to Hagaleah to gain his daughter's freedom through ransom or sword. Each day Tavis expected to hear word from the man.

The ransom would be paid, Storm would return to Hagaleah and Tavis's bed would be empty again. The thought brought a chill to his bones. Still, he ignored the small voice that wearily tried to tell him of his feelings. He continued to tell himself that he liked her and relished her passion, a combination he had never enjoyed before. That was why he hated the thought of her leaving. It meant a return to women who satisfied a need at only the most basic of levels.

He had grown greedy of late as thoughts of her leaving crowded into his mind more and more. It did not surprise him that she lingered abed in the mornings. A twinge of guilt assailed him as he recalled how wan she looked at times. That would not stop him from making love to her each and every chance he got, however, but he did think he would try not to disturb her night's sleep as often as he had been. It would not do to send her back to her father looking ill and well used.

Thinking that brought him to wonder what would happen when Lord Eldon discovered that his daughter had slept with her captor. It was ample reason to take up his sword. Tavis knew that his family would be crying long and loud for blood if they had a cherished daughter treated as he had treated Storm. It was a man's responsibility, if nothing else. Dishonor must be paid for in blood.

The only reason he was not positive that they faced a battle with Eldon was because of Storm. It was not vanity that told Tavis she thoroughly enjoyed their lovemaking. Her protests at the start had been very weak and, after that, she had never turned from him; rather she had welcomed him to her bed each night with open arms, a sweet smile and a passion to equal his own.

Would she tell her father how she had been used? If Eldon guessed, would she try to turn aside his natural wrath? Storm did not seem to be the vengeful sort but, because he had offered her no words of love, would she react as a woman scorned and need MacLagan blood to soothe her wounded vanity?

Even as the questions formed, Tavis answered them negatively. Storm would do her best to keep the families from meeting at sword point over her lost innocence.

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