His Heart's Home by Sterling Stephanie

Author:Sterling, Stephanie [Sterling, Stephanie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2014-05-20T07:00:00+00:00

“But?” Duncan prompted, frowning just slightly. “I’m sensing that there is a ‘but’ coming, Ciaran,” he said gently. “If you don’t think this is the right piece of land I’ll pass it up and we can carry on to Ken-tuh-ke.”

Ciaran looked up with a start. “You would really do that if I- if I asked you to?” she gasped.

Duncan didn’t understand why her breath hitched in her throat as she asked the question, or why her eyes were suddenly bright and glistening - of course he wasn’t going to make her live here if she hated it. He only hoped she didn’t start crying. He could deal, and had dealt, with many different difficult things in his life, but female tears weren’t one of them.

Duncan cleared his throat awkwardly. “I’m not going to buy the land unless you want me to, Ciaran,” he clarified, and watched a truly mystifying play of emotions transform the woman’s face. She managed to look happy and sad, disappointed and pleased all at the same time.

“I think you should!” Ciaran sniffed, it sounded dangerously close to a sob. She managed a watery smile. “I think you should buy it, Duncan. You deserve it.”

“Um… all right then,” Duncan laughed, puzzled over her odd turn of phrase. “I’ll take you back to the camp and then I’ll go and find Brodie, unless you want to see some more?”

“No,” Ciaran murmured, and she seemed sad and quiet again. “I’ve seen enough.”

Duncan frowned, trying to work out what could be going through her head, and failing. He reached out to her, slipped his fingers under her chin and tilted her head up so that he could look into her beautiful green eyes.

“This is all right, isn’t it?” he pressed. “You do approve? You’d tell me if you didn’t?”

“Of course,” Ciaran whispered. “It’s a golden opportunity. I’m sorry, Duncan, I don’t know why I’m being so silly.”

“You’re not being silly,” he argued, wanting to reach for her and pull her into his arms. “You’ve been through a lot lately,” he murmured, fighting the temptation for as long as he could, until the urge to hold her, to protect her, overrode every other thought in his head and he tugged her against his chest.

It felt so right to have her there, she felt so right, tucked snugly against his chest. Duncan’s arms tightened around Ciaran’s waist all of their own volition. He wanted to keep her there just as long as she would let him. He wanted to look after her, and her children, to protect them, to love them, to love her.

“Duncan?” Ciaran murmured softly, sounding curious and confused. She lifted her head, revealing her oh-so-kissable lips, and her bright eyes flitted over Duncan’s face, moving in between his eyes and his lips.

He couldn’t resist her. He had been fighting his attraction for days, weeks in fact, ever since he’d had his first taste, his first hit of what Ciaran had to offer - before that in fact. He could make this good for her.

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