Surrender to the Highlander by Brisbin Terri

Author:Brisbin, Terri [Brisbin, Terri]
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Romance, General, Scottish, Historical, Fiction
ISBN: 9781426812668
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2008-02-01T08:00:00+00:00

Margriet struggled from the bed and staggered to the window just in time to see him walk away into the storm. The light that escaped from the inn’s door shone on him until someone slammed it against the storm.

She should feel relief now that his attentions would stop, but she did not. She should be pleased that one less problem would follow her north and encumber any reconciliation she would have with her father and with Finn when she found him, but she was not. She should sense a clearer future now that the question of any involvement between them was answered, but she did not.

Instead, the rains outside covered the sounds of her sobs and the tears that poured down her cheeks. She stood, clutching the edge of the window, and watched him disappear into the downpour. ’Twas only Elspeth’s assistance, when she arrived, that helped her manage the walk back to the bed.

After lying down, she tried to think on why this hurt so much. She certainly did not want him, for she’d learned that lesson only too well. Nor could she marry him, for she carried another man’s bairn and her father would never permit it even if that were not the impediment. She certainly did not love him, for…there were so many reasons why she did not, could not, would not love him.

But lying there, as he left, she could think of none. And the pain in her heart told her that mayhap…

“Lady Margriet?” Elspeth said. Margriet wiped her eyes and looked at the girl. “Are you well?” She nodded. “And the bairn?” Another nod. “I was so worried for you when Sven told me how sick you were.”

“Sven told you?”

“He is learning quickly,” the girl said, a hint of a smile curving her mouth. “In truth, ’twas the other who said it and Sven repeated it.”

“Rurik?”

“Aye.” Elspeth nodded as she removed the head coverings and then lifted the tunic over her head. “Some of us were just waking when he found you. Lady, the way he screamed your name sent shivers down my spine.” Elspeth shuddered again then. “Truly, I thought you must be dead.”

“He was simply following my father’s orders to keep me safe, Elspeth. Do not make more of it than that.”

Elspeth’s eyes grew wide and she shook her head as she unlaced her gown. “Nay, lady. He howled as though in pain himself, like a wolf that has lost their mate.”

The girl looked at her and nodded now. “Leathen and Donald were surprised by it, for they said that Rurik goes from one woman to the next spreading his seed as a bee flits from flower to flower making…” Color crept into Elspeth’s cheeks as she realized what she said. And to whom she said it.

“They spoke of such things to you?”

“Oh, nay, lady.” She shook her head again and came to sit on the bed. “I overheard them when they did not know I was awake. They believe me a nun, and you, too, and would never speak of flitting to us.

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