Pirates of the Angui_A Scottish Highlander Time Travel Romance by Heather Walker

Author:Heather Walker [Walker, Heather]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2018-11-14T18:00:00+00:00

Chapter 17

Ned braced himself as the Gunns rushed over the rolling landscape toward him. Every time they crested a rise, they got closer. In a moment, he distinguished individual faces. One of the men had been at the bookshop. Another was the fisherman who had returned him to Flotta. The man must have turned around, returned to Hoy, and gone straight to the authorities to report what he knew about Ned’s position. Ned didn’t recognize the other men.

None of that mattered. They all carried both guns and swords. He didn’t stand a chance. He looked back over his shoulder, seeing only the hill behind him. If only he could see the ship plunge into the water and sail away, he would know he’d done his job. He could die in peace, but he didn’t even get that. He had to fight to his last breath and hope for the best. As long as none of these men crossed that hill and saw the Prometheus, he could die satisfied.

He would die with Ree before his eyes. He knew that. He already saw her before him in her crisp pale gown and her hair swept up behind her head. The deep understanding in her eyes touched his heart.

Ned heard their battle cry as the Gunns caught sight of him. They drew their weapons on the run and charged in to slaughter him. He couldn’t defeat seven men. The Gunns trained their fighters as well as the Lewises did, if not better. They trained little boys from the moment they could walk to battle immortals to the death. No one could defeat them—not in these numbers, at least.

Ned’s heart sank into his boots. All hope he ever had about fighting his way out of this and rejoining his crew left him then. He took a wide stance and unsheathed his saber. He pulled his dirk from his belt with his left hand and roared at his enemies. He sprang into their midst, slashing and stabbing as fast as he could. All he had to do was call up the memory of his slain people. That thought gave him all the strength he needed to face them.

In an instant, the Gunns surrounded him. Their blades flashed in the sun.

Ned danced in a circle to meet them all at once. His hair whipped in his face and his kilt slapped his thighs, he turned so fast. He chopped his saber in a circle and collected three blades against his hand grip. He carried them with him in a smooth arc. The men attached to those weapons bunched together. He kicked the nearest man in the stomach and sent all of them sprawling away.

He whirled around to face the other four, but he already knew he was done for. He drove them back with ferocious back and forth slashes of his weapon. The man on his left stabbed his saber point at Ned’s chest. Ned caught the weapon on his dirk and held it out of the way while he drove in with his saber.

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