Scottish Starter Box Set by May McGoldrick

Author:May McGoldrick
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Historical romance medieval, historical romance georgian, historical romance regency, historical romance family, historical romance scottish, historical romance, historical romance series, historical romance box set, historical romance highlanders, highlanders
Publisher: MM Books
Published: 2017-11-10T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 15

Arthur Courtenay quaffed the last of the wine in his cup and wiped his velvet sleeve across his mouth. Staring into the fire, he sat back in the only chair in the small chamber and sent the cup clanging into a darkened corner.

“Sluts, bitches, and buggering priests,” he muttered, his words slurring together. “Well, you’ll not make a fool of me. I’ll have that treasure.”

The muffled sounds of men’s voices in the Great Hall beyond the thick oaken door could be heard. The king’s Deputy Lieutenant stood up, steadied himself, and moved toward the door. As he pulled it open, the faces of his soldiers and a fierce-looking stranger turned to him.

“M’lord.” The newcomer approached and bowed. “I come from the Lord Chancellor.”

“Aye, sir knight, enter,” Courtenay growled, turning his back and moving across to chamber to the fire. “And be quick.”

With his face in shadow, the Deputy Lieutenant stood with his back to the fire as the hard-faced courtier entered. Courtenay made no effort to make the man comfortable. Leather and mail gleamed beneath the man’s cloak, and wild shadows and light licked the walls around him.

“What is it, then?”

“The Lord Chancellor sends his regards.”

“Get on with it, man,” Courtenay spat out. “What have you to say? I haven’t all night.”

The knight stared at him for a moment. “Aye, m’lord. It’s this. The king wants to know what progress has been made to capture the traitor Percy’s wife and daughters.”

Sir Arthur stood silently for a long moment, considering his answer carefully.

“Tell the Lord Chancellor that we know the whereabouts of the eldest sister. She’s fled to the north. She’s taken refuge near Elgin, but we know where she is. She will not escape us. The other two sisters and the mother are also in Scotland, but we shall find them as well, as soon as the eldest is caught. Tell your master that, sir knight.”

“Is there anything else, m’lord?”

Courtenay stared steadily into the steely eyes of the knight. “That’s all, knight. Now, get out.”

As the door closed behind the courtier, Sir Arthur turned and stared into the flames. He would burn in hell before he would tell them anything more. He would find those damned Percys, and the treasure would be his. Only his.

Catherine breathed deeply the soft tang of the autumn air and tried to clear her mind of the thoughts that had been tormenting her these past few days.

Although she’d heard tales of the terrible damp and cold that can afflict the Highlands, the autumn still felt much like late summer, and the days continued to be mostly sunny and pleasant. Moving ahead of her large group of accomplices into the protected alcove of the garden, she nodded to the women, who hurriedly spread the blanket and placed the cushioned chair beside the low wall. The smell of roses still blooming in the trim hedge along the grassy path hung in the air.

Looking back, Catherine motioned toward Tosh, who had carried the frail, but loudly complaining woman down from the castle to the gardens.

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