His Distrustful Lass: A Scottish Medieval Historical Romance (The Legend of the Campbell Clan Book 15) by Alisa Adams

Author:Alisa Adams [Adams, Alisa]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Amazon: B0BM3JY22M
Goodreads: 63279026
Published: 2022-11-09T05:00:00+00:00

15

Rowan and Cillian wandered the Dewar castle and lands for the better part of the day – speaking with as many people as they could, in order to get some sense of which way the clan was generally leaning.

Unfortunately for them, it seemed as though every member of the Dewars had his or her own ideas about how things ought to proceed – and a great many of them had no interest in speaking to the Campbells beyond a few gruff and dismissive phrases. The distrust in their eyes was as cold and hard as black stone. A few among them even began to reach for the handles of their weapons when they saw the Campbells drawing closer.

“Perhaps we ought to have brought the guardsmen along with us for this errand,” Cillian muttered darkly after the third man’s hand had wavered near the sword at his hip.

“There is no need for that,” Rowan assured him. “It would only frighten and upset them more, and make them convinced we mean to intimidate them into supporting us. I wish to win them over with words, rather than weapons.”

“How poetic of you,” Cillian answered with a smirk. “I can only hope that one such meeting of the minds will not end with you run through.”

“I trust you to intervene on my behalf.”

“Then you have an overly high estimation of my fondness for you,” Cillian quipped.

And so they continued on, introducing themselves to the Dewars as humbly as possible and pressing them for a few meager answers to questions about whom they wished to see lead the clan.

The more immediate answers were always “the Campbells,” but it was easy to see that at least half of those answers came from fear that the person in question might be struck down for saying otherwise. Rowan was able to put a few of those at rest, prompting them to admit that their true desire would be for the clan to rule itself as it did in days of old. Rowan assured them that he understood that desire completely, and asked a few mild follow-up questions regarding whether they felt that in ruling over themselves, they would be able to fight off the Adder.

This was where things became a bit more tricky, it seemed.

There were those who had a strange sort of faith in Ewan’s potential as a laird, and thought that he might indeed be able to negotiate peace with the MacGillivrays where Arran had failed. Many among them had great respect for Hamish, and they’d watched his son grow up; they believed he’d do well as their ruler, and that he might possess certain subtleties which Arran had lacked as steward.

Others among them were less sure that Ewan would make for a capable laird, and felt that although the clan certainly ought to be independent, the question of who ought to lead them remained open. They said that Ewan was unlikely to make peace with the Adder, but that there were others who might have a better chance of doing so.

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