McCabe - 3 Never Love a Highlander by Maya Banks

Author:Maya Banks
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Romance
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Published: 2011-09-30T22:00:00+00:00

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Rionna was near collapse when she

ordered her clan to surround Duncan

Cameron’s holding and remain in hiding un-

til she gave the order to attack. If God was

with them, Ewan McCabe would arrive with

reinforcements before her clan was forced to

take action. But if not, she and every one of

the McDonald warriors would go down

fighting.

She prayed for strength. She prayed for

God’s guidance for what she was about to do.

She had to be convincing or she and Caelen

would both die.

Gathering the reins of her tired horse, she

started forward, her heart pounding as she

broke from the cover of the forest, and rode

down toward the gate of Cameron’s fortress.

’Twas an imposing sight of stone, wood,

and metal. The walls were tall and she only

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prayed that her men could scale them rapidly

enough to avoid detection.

Her plan had to work. If God truly sided

with the righteous, her clan would win the

day and she would return home with her

husband.

Still, she prayed, for perhaps God needed

convincing on the matter.

When she reached the gate, the watch-

man called down to her. Rionna surveyed the

top of the wall and found at least three cross-bows aimed in her direction.

She pushed down the hood of her cloak

and then called up. “I am Rionna McDonald

and I wish to see my father, Gregor

McDonald.”

There was a long wait and then Duncan

Cameron appeared at the top of the wall, her

father beside him.

“Tell me, Rionna, have you come to beg

for your husband’s life?” Cameron called

down.

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She fixed him with a haughty stare and

twisted her lips in scorn. “I’ve come to see if what my men have told me is true. And if ’tis

true, and my father has felled the McCabe

warrior, I want to claim the right to kill him if the task is not already done.”

Cameron arched his eyebrow in surprise

and Rionna held her breath until she nearly

swayed from the horse. Oh God, let him still

be alive. They couldn’t have arrived with

Caelen too awfully long ago. She and her

men had ridden without stop and they’d

picked up a fresh trail halfway here and fol-

lowed it until they reached the keep.

“Open the gate,” Cameron shouted.

A few moments later, the wood creaked

and groaned and the heavy gate began to

swing open. She remained atop her horse

and waited for permission to enter.

Soon enough, Cameron and her father

appeared at the entryway and one of Camer-

on’s men came forward to assist her from her

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horse. When her feet hit the ground, her

knees nearly buckled, but by sheer force of

will she remained standing and allowed her

horse to be led away.

“ ’Tis an interesting tale you spin, mis-

tress,” Cameron said as he stared at her.

“You have my attention.”

Rionna looked at her father, wondering if

he was too cowed by Cameron to offer words

of his own. He stared back, his expression

flat, and his eyes glittered with suspicion.

“Is he dead yet?” she demanded.

Finally Cameron shook his head and she

went weak with relief. “Nay, not yet. He’s

only just arrived. Tell me, how did you come

so quickly?”

“When my men bore me the tale of what

occurred, I refused to believe my good for-

tune until I laid eyes on him myself.

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