Paranormal Romance: Deception in the Highlands (Historical Highlander Bear Shifter Romance) (Scottish Historical Paranormal Romance Book 1) by Raina Wilde

Author:Raina Wilde [Wilde, Raina]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Silk Sheets Publishing
Published: 2016-03-10T16:00:00+00:00

Afterward, Deirdre lay in the cocoon of Teirnan’s embrace. Her body yearned to give in to the temptation of blissful sleep, yet her mind stubbornly refused to cease the cyclical replay of the most recent events.

The images were torn between the ecstasy of their long-awaited joining, the release of the building tensions between them, and a paralyzing panic over the fact that she have given herself so completely to their lovemaking, despite the traumas of the past. Despite the fact that Teirnan was the one person that she had sworn herself to loathe for all eternity.

Teirnan’s fingertips traced an unending pattern up and down the length of her spine. He was quiet, very quiet, and she wondered what exactly it was that he was thinking about.

Finally, he spoke.

“It could have been like this…” His voice, introspective and also filled with incredible pain, struck her. “All of these years. It should have never ended.”

He released a deep sigh.

“What a waste.”

Deirdre held still, blinking in her confusion as she stared into his powerful chest.

“I couldn’t go on like that.” She whispered. Did he honestly think she would be satisfied as one of his many women? Had not her father even said that there were many a lass who wished to be his match? Her heart pounded in her chest. Was she, even now, just one of many?

“We wouldn’t have gone on in secret.” He said, misunderstanding her statement. “We could have been married years ago. Happily, instead of how it has been.”

Deirdre leaned back and looked at him with a serious expression. “I wouldn’t have been happy, Teirnan. Even now, I don’t think I could stand it.”

Teirnan’s eyebrows drew together and Deirdre swore she could feel the pain radiating from his eyes.

“Why?” he demanded. In one swift motion, Teirnan thrust himself away from her and rose to begin dressing with an urgency that shocked her. “What do other men have that I don’t?”

He turned toward her and pierced her with an angry look. Deirdre moved from the kilt spread on the ground and began dressing herself. Teirnan ripped it from the cave floor and began the intricate process of wrapping it around his waist.

Deidre could not think of a response, so she remained silent. Her mind raced at his meaning. What other men? There had been none other than Teirnan. Just because he was satisfied with a constant stream of partners did not mean that she was. Teirnan lacked nothing to make a woman happy, except the ability to be faithful to only one.

“We could have been great.” He grumbled. “Even had children by now.” He finally finished dressing and moved to stand in front of Deirdre, who was determinedly lacing her corset as best she could. “How can you respond to me that way and then say that you wouldn’t have been happy?” He grabbed her shoulders and shook her slightly, forcing her to look at him.

Deirdre jerked her shoulder from his hands and cast him a scathing look. “What lass would be happy as a bead on her lover’s string of women?” She spat.

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