My Highland Protector (Warriors of the Highlands Book 2) by Miriam Minger
Author:Miriam Minger [Minger, Miriam]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Oliver Heber Books
Published: 2021-05-24T18:30:00+00:00
Chapter 13
âAre you warm enough, Aislinn?â
Shivering in spite of the cloak sheâd wrapped around herself, the night air grown so cool, she nonetheless nodded at Cameron.
What else could he do for her? No warming fire could be built that might signal their presence, his men hiding among the dense trees less than a league from the MacGodfrey stronghold.
Cameron had decided to stop here rather than further south alongside the road to Carlisleâand why continue on when they would discover soon enough if Irish prisoners were indeed held by her cousin Clive?
She had met that disgusting pig of a man only once at a supper in his honor when he had sailed to Wexford to meet with her father. She had watched in horrified fascination as Clive consumed enough roasted meat and trimmings for three men, but as soon as the talk turned to King Robert, she had been told to leave the room.
A fateful night filled with lies that had inspired her father to make ready to leave for Scotland and to turn his mind to her future, when for years heâd ignored her and left her alone!
That King Robertâs imprisoned wife was also a cousin must have doubly swayed him, but whatever Clive had claimed as to where his loyalty lay had sealed her fatherâs resolve to cross the waterâsaints help her! Would she see him and her brother alive and breathing in the morning?
âYour teeth are chattering, Aislinnâhere, come closer.â
Already sitting near Cameron beneath a tree, she shivered again, but this time it wasnât because she was cold.
He had hardly spoken during their hours-long journey, Cameron a different man altogether when leading his men with his terse commands⦠though once again, he had bidden her to ride beside him.
Yet now, with their horses tethered nearby and resting in the darkness, an owl hooting overhead, it was her first opportunity to speak with him after what heâd said to King Robertâand what she had agreed to as well!
With a small sigh, she obliged him and scooted closer, Cameronâs arm going around her shoulders to pull her close. At once she felt warmed by the heat of his body through his clothing, a blush firing her cheeks that she would even think of what lay beneath his own woolen cloak, and his tartan breacan and tunic.
Yet if they were to become husband and wife, was that so unseemly a musing? Let her not forget that Cameron had already seen her with no clothes at allâsaints above! If holding her close could elicit such thoughts, what might happen if he went so far as to kissâ
âDid you get enough tae eat?â
Aislinn sucked in her breath and nodded, almost relieved that he had interrupted the stirring course of her imaginings.
Would the evening pass with nothing of any more significance discussed between them? If so, she would remain no closer to knowing if he had meant what was announced to King Robert. Just as heâd said, he hadnât yet broached the matter with herâ¦
âAislinn.
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