The Highlander by Terry Spear

Author:Terry Spear [Terry Spear]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Historical Romance, Romance, Love Story, Highlanders, Scotland, France, Scotland Highlands
Publisher: Terry Spear
Published: 2013-10-13T14:00:00+00:00

Chapter 12

So far, their luck had held out, but when Gunnolf spied men ahead of them in the exact location they were going, Niall knew things could only get worse. Particularly with the rains threatening to spill. Then they came down with a vengeance. Niall tried his damnedest to wrap his plaid over Anora and himself, attempting to keep them dry. He knew Gunnolf would head again northwest for McEwan's castle in a short while, though the current route they were on was taking them out of their way. They still had a hard two days' ride ahead of them, and they weren't making progress like they needed to.

The horses were tired and so were the riders. The only one getting any rest was Charlie.

Despite all that she'd been through and not being used to riding a horse and being fearful of them, dealing with the cold, and losing everything she'd ever known, Anora was holding up well. She had remained silent when she needed to, and without complaint, had done all that they had asked of her. She'd only given her dog hell once, when she'd been alone in the woods relieving herself and Charlie had startled a squeak out of her. And then got a low harsh scolding from her. He and Gunnolf had shared smiles.

Niall wasn't used to traveling with a lass and her dog. He was proud of her for being such a good traveler despite everything.

She hadn't said a word about his comment concerning marrying her. If she was of the French nobility, she might not wish to marry him. But still, he was of the mind he would change her thoughts concerning the matter—despite that he had no title or lands to call his own. What Highlander could say that he had a wife who would fight a Highland warrior, wielding only a pitchfork, or that she would raise a Highlander's sword to fight a Viking warrior to protect him?

Her stories fascinated him, and he was thinking that if he had a bairn with her, how she would tell the child her delightful tales. And he would settle down with them to listen, too. Most of all, he loved the way she worried about his health, snuggled with him as if it was for more than warmth, and even kissed him back when he weakly attempted to kiss her earlier.

"I see a place up ahead to rest," Gunnolf called out to them in the now gale force rains and wind.

Niall was hoping for an abandoned cottage, but instead he saw a protective rock overhang. It would have to do.

When they approached, he realized—with great relief—the shelter was big enough for their horses, too.

After they rode under the rock overhang, he dismounted and helped Anora down, but she was barely able to stand. He quickly made up a blanket bed for her on the stone floor beneath the overhang. "Rest, Anora. We should be safe here for a while." He glanced at Gunnolf, who spread out a blanket of his own against the opposite wall.

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