Stealing the Bride by Mary Wine

Author:Mary Wine [WINE, MARY]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi, pdf
Tags: Romance, General, Historical, Fiction
ISBN: 9780758274717
Google: UTFlWKJqZhYC
Amazon: B007ZT3452
Barnesnoble: B007ZT3452
Publisher: Kensington Books
Published: 2012-04-24T07:00:00+00:00

Chapter 5

Elspeth tightened her grip on her arisaid and banished the ideas attempting to take control of her thoughts. Why had she listened to so many tales of specters and spirits that lurked in the dark? She was paying for every single moment of entertainment she’d ever gained from sitting by the fireside while the storytellers wove their words into tales that sent shivers down the spines of those listening.

Foolishly listening, for tonight it was costing her more confidence then she had to spare. Her fingers ached because she held them in a fist too tightly. The pain was enough to shatter the whispers trying to fill her mind.

Stories … naught but fictions.

She walked forward, drawing no true notice from the people hurrying to finish up their chores. The houses were closer together in the village but that gave way to small farms as she kept walking. The night wind picked up and an owl sounded off from its perch in one of the trees. The moon only made fleeting appearances between clouds moving with the aid of the wind. She toyed with the idea of seeking some place to hide, but found herself too nervous to stop while the towers of Pherson’s castle were still in sight. At least the motion of walking kept her warm; she picked her feet up faster to fend off the deepening chill of night. Her nape tingled and she turned to see if someone was on the road behind her. Nothing moved and her ears strained to filter the night noises from anything made by men. Tension began to knot in her belly but her choices were walk or collapse in the face of her fears.

So she walked.

Pherson Dalry didn’t fear the night. It was the truth that he felt at ease covered by its darkening folds. Next to a woman’s embrace, there wasn’t anything he liked better.

His lips split into a grin.

Well, he did have to confess to liking the way a woman wrapped around him when she wasn’t wearing anything but skin. That was an embrace he was right fond of no matter how much the church preached against it. They didn’t care for dishonesty either, so he’d simple say it the way it was. He liked women, liked being naked with them.

He eyed Elspeth Leask. She turned again, making his grin grow broader. The girl had instincts, even if she didn’t have much experience using them when it came to playing stealthy games that involved escaping by night.

He hung back, using the strength in his thighs to gently squeeze his horse’s sides and keep the stallion silent. Elspeth kept going and he pulled on the reins to guide his horse at a slow pace that would keep her in his sights.

No one outwitted him, not even his own blood.

“It’s a fair nice sight to see ye so bristling with passion considering how lifeless ye have been, but I think ye are making the men a wee bit nervous.”

Hayden snarled.

“Fair enough.” Skene Monroe shrugged in the face of his laird’s temper.

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