Kyla by Keira Montclair

Author:Keira Montclair [Montclair, Keira]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Highland
Published: 2017-07-07T18:30:00+00:00

Chapter Twelve

Alex Grant sat in his solar, mulling over all he’d just heard. His eldest sons and acting lairds were there, along with Quade and Logan Ramsay, and the group that had returned with the news—his youngest son, Connor, and Roddy and Braden.

Logan had just returned from a journey intended to uncover new information about the mercenaries and Buchan’s plot—a mission that had proved unsuccessful. The man had started pacing the room the moment he'd entered it, and he now turned to the younger men and barked, “What the hell were you thinking, taking Kyla straight to the enemy? I could order lashings for all five of you. And Finlay? I’ll kill him with my bare hands. You’ve given the enemy just what they wanted, something to use against us.”

“Admonishments will get us nowhere at this point,” Alex said. “They used the innocence and inexperience of our young people against us. Now, we must do what’s necessary to right the situation. The bastard has my daughter, and we need to settle on a strategy to get her back. Jake, make a call to arms. Three hundred men will march with me on the morrow. Get them ready. Get their mounts ready. Jamie, find messengers and send them to Menzie land and Drummond land. I would ask for one hundred guards from each of them. Micheil has likely brought Gavin and Gregor back to Drummond land with him, but we can send another messenger to Edinburgh to be sure. And someone should be sent to Cameron land telling them we’re coming and bringing our women for safety. Aedan’s to keep his guards at home to protect his land and the abbey. Dusk outside Buchan land on the morrow.”

“Send a messenger to Torrian,” Quade added. “Tell him to ready two hundred.”

Jake and Jamie left the room to carry out their instructions.

Logan continued to pace. He stopped for a moment and said, “Alex, are you sure you’re ready to sit on a mount for that long? It will take nearly a day to get there.”

“Aye, ‘tis perfect. We’ll attack at night while half of them are in their cups,” Alex said.

Connor said, “I doubt they’ll be in their cups. We saw no evidence of such.”

Logan sat down and said, “Connor, Roddy, Braden. Tell us every detail of what you know.”

The door opened and the Grant’s brothers came in quietly and sat.

“De La Porte and his mercenaries had just arrived,” Connor said. “We saw no more than two hundred men.”

A knock sounded at the door. Brodie said, “I’ll go.”

Alex nodded. His brother opened the door to find Maddie standing there.

“A messenger,” Maddie motioned to the door.

Brodie returned a few moments later, holding a scroll. “A messenger handed me this and hustled away.” Maddie followed him in.

All conversation stopped as they waited to hear what Brodie had to say. Alex motioned for Maddie to come to him behind the desk.

Brodie read the message on the scroll. “This is from Glenn of Buchan,” he said, looking up.

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