Tamed & Unleashed: The Highlander's Vivacious Wife (Love's Second Chance: Highland Tales Book 1) by Bree Wolf

Author:Bree Wolf
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Published: 2019-06-03T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twenty-Six

The Meaning of Family

After a quick breakfast filled with palpable tension, Claudia left their room first and headed downstairs. At every step, she had to fight the urge to turn and look over her shoulder, assuring herself that Garrett was there.

He will not leave you! She reminded herself. He loves you.

That thought brought a small smile to her face, and she remembered the moment he had pulled her into his arms in Gretna Green, telling her that the time without her had felt as though half his soul had been missing. He truly loved her, didn’t he?

Amazement filled Claudia’s heart, and she let it grow as it was far better than the fear that sneaked in whenever she was not purposefully locking it out.

Although they had known each other only a matter of days, Claudia could not help but wonder how she had ever lived without him. They belonged together, and now that they had finally found each other, it was so obvious that no other man could ever have conquered her heart.

A chuckle escaped her lips as she stepped out of the inn and into the warm sunlight in the yard. “All my seasons were for nothing,” she mumbled, shaking her head. Still, if she had not met William and fancied herself in love, she would never have come to Gretna Green. Then she would never even have met Garrett, and she would never have known what she would have missed out on. Fate truly had a strange way of making itself heard.

Slowly, Claudia made her way down to the docks. Even this early in the morning, the streets were bustling with people. It seemed Glasgow was a town that worked late and rose early. Merchants and sailors were everywhere, stumbling in and out of taverns or going about their business before heading back to their ships. On the horizon, tall masts pointed Claudia in the right direction, and she wondered why Mr. Adams wanted to meet her at the docks.

Was Garrett right? Was the man planning on taking her and her son away? What would they do if that were his plan? Did he simply expect her to board the ship without objection?

Perhaps Mr. Adams truly did not expect resistance from her. Based on everything, she had learnt about him he seemed to be thinking of himself as her knight in shining armour. Perhaps he truly thought she would be grateful to him for freeing her and her son from her brother’s clutches. Had those not been his words?

But what would happen once he realised that she did not see him in that light? That she saw him as the villain who had stolen her child?

Claudia drew in a slow breath. She would have to be very careful not to anger him, not to say too much and weigh her words. A snort escaped her at the thought. Never in her life had she weighed her words. They tended to fly off her tongue without seeking her permission.

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