Outlaw's Angel by Colleen Quinn

Author:Colleen Quinn
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Published: 2012-07-23T21:00:00+00:00

Kyle returned to the castle, his body still aching from his slight contact with Marisa. What was it about her that aroused him so completely? He had had other women before, women who could raise the passion of a corpse. Marisa was a complete innocent…until himself, that is. Kyle smiled wryly. What a wonderful fix he was in this time, having her just beyond reach, and there was nothing he could do about it.

“Is that you, lad?” Duncan joined him in the huge library. Glancing out the window to the moors beyond, the chieftain poured himself a drink and watched as the Highlanders amused Marisa. He could hear her bright laughter, like the sound of fairy bells.

“The men are enchanted with the lass,” Duncan remarked. “They have insisted she come to the dance tonight. I’ve agreed; the clan all know of her presence here. But I’m afraid to see what will happen when she goes back.”

Still Kyle said nothing. He sat in a winged chair, facing the fire in what was the warmest spot in the winter. The fireplace was filled with a vase of late flowers, and it was here his attention was drawn.

Exasperated, Duncan slammed down his cup. Only then did Kyle look up, acknowledging his presence, a sardonic smile curving his lips.

“Is there something you wish to discuss with me?” Kyle asked coolly.

“Aye, and well you know it. Stop ignoring me; you’ve been like this since you were a lad, never trusting a soul, hiding your deepest thoughts….”

“Since I was accused of murder,” Kyle said simply.

“I understand your feelings on that,” Duncan said, his voice softening. “But, lad, there is a time for ye to let go. No one truly believes you killed your own mother, just as no one thought your father ran off with the jewels.”

“Sometimes I did.”

There wasn’t a sound in the room. The maid’s brisk step echoed outside in the hall, Douglass’s laugh carried on the wind, but silence ensued inside. Duncan spoke hesitantly, eager to shatter the quiet.

“You don’t mean that.”

“I do,” Kyle responded. “There was never a trace of him found, and the jewels were gone with him. What was I to think, same as everyone else?”

“But your father was a guid mon,” Duncan assured him. “It was not in him to do such a thing.”

“I’ve found that the capability is in almost all of us, under the right circumstances. Who knows? Perhaps they were right for him,” Kyle shrugged impatiently, already tired of the topic. But Duncan refused to relent.

“Ah. So that’s what has been eating at you all these years. It’s nay so much to clear your own name. It’s not knowing the truth.”

“Duncan, leave it alone. I’ll find my own answers in my own time.”

“Will ye now?” Duncan asked sharply. “At whose expense? Marisa’s?”

“Marisa is still not well,” Kyle said. “When she is, I will contact Lord Sutcliffe. I will return her when I have the emeralds. I cannot forget my priorities, Duncan.”

“Priorities! Kyle, this is too much, even for you.

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