The Highlander's Bargain by Barbara Longley

Author:Barbara Longley [Barbara Longley]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Historical Romance, Warrior, Magic, Time Travel Romance, Highland Warriors, Highlanders, Scotland, Scotland Highland, Scotland Highlands, Scots, Scottish Medieval Romance, Love Story
ISBN: 9781477823927
Amazon: 1477823921
Barnesnoble: 1477823921
Goodreads: 21558963
Publisher: Montlake Romance
Published: 2014-07-07T14:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER TWELVE

Erin rose from the bed she and Rob had just shared. Struggling to keep her emotions under control, she slipped back into her gown and laced up the sides. She’d been immersed in an ocean of his-and-her sensations. Robley’s intense feelings for her, along with his arousal merging with hers, had saturated her until she felt as if she’d levitate off the bed. Or burst. What had she been thinking?

Oh yeah. You were thinking you’d never see him again, and there he was at the door, all alive, male and gorgeously sexy. She couldn’t help herself; the relief of seeing him had been an overpowering aphrodisiac.

What would it be like to just let go, make love with him until she shattered into a million shimmering pieces? Hadn’t she been about to find out? She forced her thoughts on other things. “What are you planning to do now? I mean we. What are we going to do now?”

“We, meaning you, will remain here where I ken you are safe. Six men from our garrison are out scouring the countryside for news of Giselle’s whereabouts. There is naught that can be done until she is found.” Rob picked up the sword he’d laid on the worktable. “She might ha’ returned to the faerie realm. Though the more I think upon the matter, the more I wonder. She’s no’ likely to return to Avalon if she truly is guilty of stealing the pensieve from their high king. Do ye think?” Flashing her a questioning look, he crossed the room, lifted her cloak from its peg and slipped it over her shoulders, gesturing for her to precede him through the door.

“Probably not, unless she’s sure it can’t be traced to her,” she said. “But I don’t know anything about faeries, so I can’t really say.”

“Her cottage was completely empty, as if she’d never lived there at all, but the villagers say ’tis Giselle’s way to come and go like that.” He took her elbow and guided her through the portcullis into the bailey. “For the time being, let us forget our troubles and fill our bellies in the good company of our kin.”

“Our kin?”

“Aye.” He drew her close to his side. “Our kin.”

His sexy smile sent her pulse racing again. A needy, achy heat coiled inside her, and an answering flush engulfed her. One way or the other, she was going to be devastated. Either she’d be sent back to her own century without him, or he’d be incinerated by that faerie’s blue fire. And if by some miracle they managed to return the pensieve, Robley would likely move on to some noble woman with a fat dowry. He might be forced to do so by his uncle. She knew that much about these times. Men of noble birth married women of noble birth—women who came with valuable political ties, land, titles and wealth. The thought of him with someone else was like a wrecking ball to the heart.

Damn. For all her bluster, for all her talk about not getting involved, she’d gone and done it anyway.

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