The Army Doctor's New Year's Baby by Helen Scott Taylor

Author:Helen Scott Taylor [Taylor, Helen Scott]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Literature & Fiction, Romance, Anthologies, Contemporary, Collections & Anthologies, Holidays, Inspirational, Military
Amazon: B00HOURMMS
Published: 2014-01-04T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter Seven

Daniel turned the Kindrogan Estate's pickup into the lane where Megan pointed and stopped beside Hew's stone cottage on the banks of Loch Kinder. He leaned forward, hands resting on top of the steering wheel, and took in the view.

A vast expanse of water lay in front of them, as smooth and shiny as polished steel. Mist draped the pine-clad slopes of the mountains on the other side, drifting in ragged wisps like something from a fantasy novel. "What an amazing view," he said softly, more to himself than Megan.

"I'll just run in and find the baby carrier," Megan said. "Won't be long." She jumped out of the passenger's seat and headed for the door on the side of the cottage, her ponytail bouncing, her slender, denim-clad legs striding purposefully.

Daniel glanced over his shoulder to see Fergus asleep in his car seat. Climbing out, Daniel pushed the door closed softly and wandered to the edge of the water. He drew in a breath of the peaty air and let it out on a satisfied sigh.

Hew's cottage appealed to him, with its amazing position right on the banks of the loch. He could imagine living here. He'd always thought of himself as a city boy, yet there was a freedom and space in the Scottish Highlands that gave him room to breathe, room to think.

Up here in the wilds of Scotland, he liked the man he was far more than who he'd been in London. Peace settled inside him as deep and still as the waters of the loch. He felt happier and more settled than he had in a long time. With the company of the right woman, he could grow to love this wild place.

A massive bird with a wingspan of at least six feet angled down out of the heavy gray sky to skim the water's surface, snatching up a fish in its talons. Daniel gasped, fumbling for his phone to snap a picture. By the time he tapped in his password and activated the camera, the bird was a dot in the sky.

Megan stepped out of the cottage, shut the door, and put the baby carrier in the back of the pickup.

"I saw a big bird over the lake. It swooped down and caught a fish." Daniel heard the childish wonder in his voice, but didn't care if he sounded uncool.

Megan walked over and took his arm, staring out across the lake. "That'll be a white-tailed sea eagle."

"This isn't the sea."

Megan laughed as if Daniel had cracked a joke. She leaned her head against his shoulder and he wrapped an arm around her, pulling her close. He was so ignorant of her world and he wanted to learn.

"Tell me about the bird."

"White-tailed eagles have been extinct up here since about 1900. Hew's working on a program to reintroduce them to Kindrogan."

"Wow." Hew was such a quiet guy, Daniel had almost overlooked him.

"Shall we get going? We can take a scenic drive through the village and over the mountain towards Braemar.

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