The Highlander Without a Bride by Johanna Maas

Author:Johanna Maas [Maas, Johanna]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Romance, (¯`'•.¸//(*_*)\\¸.•'´¯)
ISBN: 9781481816755
Google: Grg_mwEACAAJ
Amazon: B00C33OW2Y
Goodreads: 17823442
Publisher: CreateSpace
Published: 2013-04-10T04:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER FOURTEEN

The procession of the clansmen led by Bridget and Tor who was still carrying Kaye, moved to an empty room near the rest of the family chambers upon the second floor of the Bruce keep. Tor with a full rage within his chest, walked across the room and gently placed Kaye in the middle of the large bed. She was sleeping so deeply that she never stirred as he tenderly laid her upon the sheets, placing a soft pillow below her head and a blanket over her battered body to guard her against the evening chill.

Those who stood within the room gazed down at her for long moments in sadness and disbelief as she breathed heavily in her slumber, Kaye oblivious to the onlookers above. So as not to disturb her, the small party walked from her room and moved just outside and into the hallway. They left the door opened wide with the small woman visible and in their thoughts as they began to softly converse.

Matthew looked into the Bruce clansmen faces who were silently imploring him to speak, varying emotions plaguing their faces. With a heavy sigh he began slowly and shared what he knew of her troubles.

"Kaye spoke to me of her travels on the day of her wedding and the events that took place when her new husband took her from her parent's keep. She explained how they were accosted and how she sat before her wretched captors, the Lord Hann refusing to hand over any valuables or do anything to save her or to protect her from harm."

Tor groaned loudly clenching his fists at his side as he once again relived and was reminded of the details and the pain that poor Kaye had endured. She had suffered so terribly at both the hands of her attackers and of the humiliation set forth by her husband and her lord. For the first time, he clearly understood that her devastation may have been avoided had her lord only conceded that bag of coins on her behalf.

"She then told me that the next day her husband abandoned her for London leaving her at the Hann keep under the watchful eye of his son, Lord Alden. Kaye said that after she had been there for nearly three weeks, the young lord told her that the reason his father had made the journey was to petition the king for the Devon's properties. Now that he was Kaye's husband, he felt he was entitled since he had married the eldest daughter and Lord Devon had no sons and no other rightful heirs."

Bridget groaned angrily as she spat, "And that is why Lord Hann was intent upon marrying her to begin with. But if he were doing that, what reason would he have to beat her so?"

Matthew simply shook his head as continued most miserably, "It was not him. Kaye told me of Lord Alden, saying that while her husband was away, she was left fully in his charge. She

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