Sarah Gabriel by Keeping Kate

Author:Keeping Kate
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

She writhed and twisted like a water beast, and he fell partly over her to stop her. A pointed elbow to his stomach made him grunt, but he managed to pin her to the ground, on her back in the heather, his knees beside her hips.

Her eyes were wild, and she bucked under him. That could be delightful, he thought, in other circumstances—but he was not enjoying this at all.

“Settle down, lass,” he said breathlessly, pinning her arms.

She twisted. “Are you mad? Get off me—”

“Ease up. I would not hurt you.” He dropped his weight on his hands, pressed them to the earth beside her shoulders, keeping her trapped under him. “Do you think I would chase you out there for a tumble I could have from any number of willing lassies? You’re a plum, my dear, but I’m not so overcome by your legendary charm that I’d go to the trouble just now,” he bit out. He sat back on his heels, keeping her under him.

She glared up at him, breath and bosom heaving. She snarled something in Gaelic—he knew it was no compliment—and managed to free an arm, striking upward. Alec snatched at her wrist.

“Wherever did you learn such manners,” he said calmly, and rose to his feet, hauling her up with him. “Come with me.”

“I won’t go anywhere with you.” She brushed at her skirt.

“Would you rather sleep in the heather? Last night you were very particular about your bed.” He pulled her with him, and when she stumbled, he put his hand on her elbow. “I’ve no great whim to be chasing spoiled young lassies over the hills in the middle of the night.”

“It’s dawn,” she said, as if determined to contradict him any way she could. “I have to go home. That’s all.”

“Tell me where it is, and we’ll both go. I’ve questions for your kinsmen as well.”

“We will not be troubling them with Whig business.”

He huffed. “My horse is at the foot of the hill. Home, hey?” he asked, as she tramped along beside him, her arm rigid in his grasp. “It must be a grand place, with you in such a fever to get there.”

“It is. But I’ll not tell you where to find it.”

“Katie my dear, your intractable nature does you no good. Think how poorly it will go with the Lord Advocate if you refuse to identify yourself.”

“I can avoid trouble for both of us by just going home.”

“Oh, for my sake? Or just to ignore this whole business?”

“If you would leave me here, I know these hills—”

“Ah, so you do live near here somewhere.” He led her toward the waiting horse. “If you want to protect others, take my advice and do not be the saintly, sacrificing sort. It does not pay in the end.”

“I am not sacrificing anything. My sister is more that sort. She considers others first, always, sometimes to her detriment. But I am not like that.”

“So I see,” he drawled. “If your sister does not have your wildcat ways, then bless the lass for a saint.

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