McCabe - 1 In Bed With a Highlander by Maya Banks

Author:Maya Banks
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Tags: Romance
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Published: 2011-07-31T22:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 22

It was important that Ewan not go chasing

after his wife, especially in front of his men.

It was obvious the lass had no idea what

she’d gottenself into. He’d give her time to

cool down and then he would instruct her on

the way of things.

He turned back to the men who stood be-

hind him. Gertie was already putting the

evening meal on the table, and judging by

the smell, it had been a good hunting day for

the men assigned to bring fresh meat into

the keep.

“Do I have my position back, Laird?” Ar-

thur asked.

Ewan nodded wearily. “Aye, Arthur.

You’ve a fine hand with the horses. However,

I’ve had enough of your incessant bickering

with Magnus, and ’tis obvious that it upsets

your mistress.”

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Arthur didn’t look happy but he nodded

and hurried away to take his seat. Magnus

looked as though he wanted to make a jibe at

Arthur but Ewan’s fierce scowl stopped him.

He, too, took his seat—at a table over from

where Arthur had sat.

Ewan took his seat and was followed by his

men. When Maddie made her way by to fill

his trencher, he stopped her.

“When you are finished serving the men,

take a tray up to your mistress. She’s in her

chamber, and I don’t want her to miss the

evening meal.”

“Aye, Laird, I’ll see to it immediately.”

Satisified that his wife wouldn’t go hungry

and that, for the moment, all arguing was

done, he dove into his portion, savoring the

taste of the fresh venison.

By letting Mairin get over her upset,

chances were that by the time he retired to

their chamber, the initial storm would be

over. He congratulated himself for his

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brilliant analysis and had a second helping of

the stew.

A half hour later, however, when Maddie

hurried into the hall to tell him that his wife was not in their chamber, he realized that his

mistake was believing anything would be

simple when it came to his impulsive wife.

She made him feel incompetent, and that

his efforts to keep her safe were haphazard at

best. None of that was true, but it raised his

ire because he hadn’t felt a moment of self-

doubt since he was a lad. He could train and

lead an entire army. He could win a battle

when he was outnumbered five to one. But

he couldn’t keep a slip of a lass under con-

trol. It defied all reason and was making him

daft in the process.

He pushed away from the table and

stalked in the direction that Mairin had left.

It was obvious she hadn’t gone up the stairs,

so he continued past to the doorway leading

outside the keep.

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“Have you seen your mistress?” he called

to Rodrick who was up on the wall.

“Aye, Laird. She came by half hour past.”

“And where is she now?”

“She’s in the bathhouses. Gregory and

Alain are watching over her. She’s having a

good cry, but otherwise, she is well.”

Ewan winced and heaved a sigh. He much

preferred her spitting like an angry kitten

"0em">female tears and even less experience in dealing with them.

He went in the direction of the bath-

houses. Gregory and Alain were standing

outside one of the walls and they looked

vastly relieved when Ewan strode up.

“Thank goodness you’re here, Laird. You

must make her stop. She’s going to take ill

with so much crying,” Alain said.

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