Saved by Time by Jennae Vale

Author:Jennae Vale [Vale, Jennae]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Jennae Vale

Chapter 9

All seemed back to normal this morning at Breaghacraig. Doreen was with Elena again and Donal was nowhere to be seen. As for Tina, it seemed she’d be spending the day with Jock and Marcas. Walking out into the courtyard, she was greeted by bright sunlight and two mountainous men.

“Lady Tina,” Jock approached with an outstretched hand.

“Please call me Tina. No lady required.” Her nervous laughter gave away her trepidation about this outing.

“I be Jock and this be Marcas.”

“Good day to ye,” Marcas said.

This was the man Donal had gone after last night. She glanced around to make sure Donal wasn’t anywhere nearby. The last thing she wanted or needed was for another brawl to take place over her. Some women might enjoy having two men fight over her, but Tina wasn’t one of them.

“Mary has kindly packed a basket for us. We thought ye might like to sit by the water with us,” Marcas said.

Tina wasn’t so sure that was what she would like at all, but she had agreed to meet the other single men that Ashley and Jenna suggested so she would go through with it. “I’d love that.”

She found herself sandwiched between the two men as they walked out through a side gate and along a path that sat above a strip of beach she hadn’t known existed before this moment. She’d known they were close to the water, but since she’d arrived, she hadn’t really had time to explore. “It’s beautiful,” she said. The cry of the gulls and the scent of the salt water brought her back to childhood trips to the beach with her family. She immediately relaxed. As they approached a narrow path leading down to the water, Marcas went first, holding her hand and leading her down. Jock followed behind, she imagined to catch her if she fell. Two sweet men she should consider and give a chance, as she would with Tam.

Jock spread a tartan on the beach where they sat and talked for hours. Each man took a turn to tell her about his childhood and his life here at Breaghacraig. She had so many questions for them. Where were they from? How many brothers and sisters did they have? Would they miss them if they had to move far away? That one was important to her. She wasn’t planning to stay, but she didn’t want to drag any of them kicking and screaming into the twenty-first century.

It occurred to her that she hadn’t actually asked Donal these questions either. She thought back over the time that they had spent together and realized they hadn’t shared much about their families. How could she possibly be thinking that he was the “one” when she didn’t even know if he had siblings?

Marcas had some reservations about leaving his very large family to move away and couldn’t see anything ever happening that would make him change his mind. Jock on the other hand seemed open to adventure, which life with her would surely be.

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