Journey To The Highlands by Keira Montclair

Author:Keira Montclair [Keira Montclair]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Highland, Highland Warriors, Highlander, Highlanders, Highlands, Historical Romance, Love Story, Medieval Romance, Medieval Scotland, Romance, Scotland, Scotland Highland, Scotland Highlands, Scots, Scottish, Scottish Highlander, Scottish Highlands, Scottish Medieval Romance, Warrior, Warriors
Amazon: B00P56PT1O
Goodreads: 23503453
Publisher: Keira Montclair
Published: 2013-12-31T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twenty-Two

They didn’t talk for most of the morning. He could tell by her stiff spine in front of him that she was upset about the way he had treated her. She had to have expected it. You don’t insult people without retaliation. At least, most people didn’t. But what had angered him most was her careless use of the term whore. How could anyone speak of themselves in such a way?

But Caralyn was not most people. She didn’t act like any other lass he had ever met. Her entire focus was her daughters; that he understood. Mothers became very protective. Even his sister-in-law, who had seemed meek to him before she had children, became a wild cat around her weans. No one dared to cross Maddie when it came to the twins or Kyla. Even Alex treaded lightly. He grinned at a fond memory. The twins, John and Jamie, had come into the great hall one day tugging real swords bigger than they were. All Maddie had said was, “Alex!” and his brother had jumped. The lads were playing with their own toy wooden swords within a day.

So what was different about Caralyn? For one thing, Robbie had never had to worry about a lass before. Truth be known, they had fallen at his feet at Clan Grant. Aye, partly because he was a Grant, but there was more to it. He had learned at a young age all he had to do was flash his smile at a lass, and she would do whatever he wanted. Brodie claimed it was the color of his fair hair, but he believed it was his smile.

His smile didn’t work on Caralyn. When he looked at her that way, she didn’t give him the admiring looks he was used to from the lasses. He could only come to one conclusion—Caralyn did not find him attractive.

Even if that was the case, he longed to understand her better. He racked his brain while they rode, trying to think of someone he knew who had gone through something similar to Caralyn, someone he could compare her to.

She had mentioned being accepted by his clan. Why would she be concerned about such a thing? His clan wasn’t like that. Something bothered him in the back of his mind; something similar. Aye, his family would accept her for what she was, but would the others? Hadn’t Maddie been accused of not being good enough for Alex after the Comming had spread lies about her? Och, aye! Wee Tommy had thrown stones at Maddie. They had all apologized after she had saved Jennie and wee Emma, and he hadn’t even known there was anything happening out of the ordinary. The world was different for women. Mayhap he had been too judgmental.

Her spine still sat ramrod straight in the saddle ahead of him. “Lass, you may lean against me.”

She glanced over her shoulder before looking back at her hands. “I thought you wanted naught to do with me after this morn.

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