The Brightest Star in the Highlands by Keira Montclair

Author:Keira Montclair [Montclair, Keira]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Highland
Published: 2015-07-09T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter Thirteen

Aedan lay on the ground staring at the stars. He was supposed to be sleeping before they continued their journey, but he could not. The sky was a dark canvas, full of different formations, a twinkling collection of possibilities, but he only saw one—Jennie Grant. Jennie’s face filled his head every day, and it seemed to fill the very sky above his head. He tried to figure out which cluster of stars looked most like the freckles across the bridge of her nose and then grinned when he found one close to an exact match.

Neil passed him as he returned from his trip into the bushes. “What has you so happy?”

He glanced at Neil. “Naught you would understand. Just recalling something.”

“Bet it has to do with one Jennie Grant.” Neil snickered as he found a spot on the ground and wrapped himself in his plaid.

“Do you think the Grant will accept me?”

“Not at first. But I think Jennie is taken with you, and she is strong-minded. She will force her brother to listen. May take a while. You will need to be patient, and I know how hard that is for you.”

A few seconds later, Neil’s soft snore carried over to Aedan. He tugged on a blade of grass and chewed on it as he continued to stare into the sky. Jennie was as beautiful as any of the stars above, but two other things about her attracted him even more—her curious mind and her passion. Rarely had he ever met someone who’d expressed more than a passing interest in the unknown. Her inquisitiveness was a bit different than his, but she understood his curiosity. She was interested in the makings of the body; he was interested in nature and the sky. The two were different, and yet they were somehow similar. She felt the same wonder he did over the laws of nature—the same desire to always learn more, more, more. He marveled at how alike they were, particularly given that he had so rarely met anyone who understood him.

And her passion… It had almost been enough to encourage him to take things too far, though then he would have found himself skewered on the end of the Grant’s sword for sure. How wonderful it would be to have her in his bed every night. They could walk under the stars together before they made love.

He was completely convinced they were meant to be together. Mayhap destiny had a hand in sending that arrow into his arse so long ago. Aye, he hadn’t thought much about her then, but he had taken notice. How could he ignore her confidence and her beauty? Now he only had to convince Alex Grant. He rolled onto his side and fell fast asleep, visions of freckles dancing through his head.

They hadn’t traveled far the next day when the Grant keep came into view.

“Hellfire, Cameron. I’ve never seen anything like it. Have you?” Neil asked as he stared at the towers and the curtained wall surrounding the keep.

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