Mated By The Demon Collections: Paranormal Romance by Riley Moreno

Author:Riley Moreno [Moreno, Riley]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2016-07-11T22:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER IV

‘I don’t understand!’ Ashley exclaimed dragging her hand from Tristan’s grasp. ‘What do you mean?’

Tristan eyed her nonchalantly. ‘I am going to take you out there to meet your father and your clan. They will come in war and we are ready to fight. But I am tired of seeing bodies on the moors and blood soaking the heather. I will tell your father that we have decided to wed…and then he will not ask for war.’

‘You cannot take me against my will!’ Ashley spat out defiantly though she knew that each time she repeated those words the fire in Tristan’s eyes grew brighter and her position weakened.

‘Please let me go, I beg you!’ she pleaded, ‘I cannot give myself to you like this.’

But Tristan was not listening. The guards had fired more warning shots from their muskets.

‘The Mackenzie clan is here!’ Tristan said, and threw open the door. He looked like a majestic god of the mountains, carrying his claymore, with one hand on the musket in his belt.

The Kincaid clan was ready to meet the Mackenzies as they arrived. Behind them the other clans arranged themselves – the Buchanan clan, the Darrochs, Galloways and Guthries, resplendent in their tartan kilts and glengarries, all of them bearing arms – broadswords, claymores and muskets.

Tristan swung Ashley onto a horse and climbed on behind her, taking the reins. He rode to the front of the ranks and faced Lydell Mackenzie.

‘What brings you here?’ Tristan asked, one arm firmly around Ashley, whose thoughts were running riot.

‘You have my daughter!’ Lydell roared.

‘A child you weren’t too keen to accept yesterday,’ Tristan reminded him.

‘She is my blood. I have come to claim her,’ Lydell replied.

‘There is something you need to know,’ Tristan said, but Ashley interrupted him without warning.

‘I am a Mackenzie and I was sent here by my late mother to claim my birthright as your daughter!’ She said, her eyes reflecting the fire in her hair. ‘I will fulfill my later mother’s wishes and go with you.’

Tristan’s grip on her waist tightened. ‘What are you doing? What are you saying?’ He asked through clenched teeth.

Ashley ignored him and continued to address Lydell. ‘ But only if you promise that you will live in peace with the Kincaids and all the other clans present here today.’

‘And why should I make a promise to someone I barely know?’

‘Because if you don’t then you will be killed… by all these men behind me. And I do not wish to see bloodshed or to be the cause of it.’

‘I will make no promises!’ Lydell shouted, ‘But if Tristan Kincaid does not release you to your rightful family, then I will continue to fight him and all the other clans here.’

Ashley struggled on the horse. ‘Let me go. Let me go with them, please.’

‘Why?’

‘Because they will let me return to England.’

The Mackenzie clansmen had been spoiling for a fight and they were bored with the negotiations. One of them fired his musket, and that was enough to incite the Kincaids to fury.

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