The Highlander's Bride by Donna Fletcher

Author:Donna Fletcher [Fletcher, Donna]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: 2009-03-16T11:00:00+00:00

Hours later Sara jumped up out of sound sleep, her eyes as round as full moons, her body trembling. With a terrified glare, she quickly scanned the surrounding area.

Cullen joined her, her abrupt actions having woken him though she hadn’t made a sound.

“What’s wrong?” he whispered.

She pressed a hand to her heaving chest. “I believe a nightmare.”

He went to her and slipped his arms around her trembling body.

She quickly grabbed hold of him, her arms going around his waist and hanging onto him for dear life. He was warm, solid and real, and she had no intention of letting go.

A sharp owl hoot caused her to jump, and she dug her face into his hard chest and was relieved to hear the solid, steady beat of his heart. He wasn’t afraid, which was good, very good, because she was terrified. She wasn’t one to frighten easily, and yet the dream had left her shaken to the core.

“Want to tell me about it?” he asked.

She was relieved he didn’t let go of her. She didn’t want him to. She wanted him right where he was, with her arms tight around him.

She shook her head.

“All right, but remember it was only a nightmare. It wasn’t real. You’re safe.”

She nodded and didn’t dare tell him that her dream was real, all too real.

“Why don’t you sleep beside me tonight.”

“Yes. Yes,” she repeated, bobbing her head.

Cullen continued to hold her tight as he lowered them both to his blanket, placing her closer to the fire and then wrapping himself around her. She didn’t object. She welcomed every part of him, from the leg he threw over hers, to his chest pressed firm against her back, to the arms that circled her with strength.

“Sleep,” he whispered in her ear. “You’re safe.”

She nodded, but doubted she would sleep a wink. She didn’t want to. She didn’t want to chance returning to the dream. It had frightened her so badly, and worse, left her with a fear she didn’t think would subside anytime soon.

She tried to chase the dream out of her head but the memory of it kept returning to haunt her. In it, she’d been running in the woods with Cullen, Alexander tight in his arms. Soldiers were everywhere and she knew they would soon be caught and killed. She had to do something. She had to save them. She had promised Alaina she would keep her son safe.

A man suddenly appeared in front of the three of them, sword in hand. Cullen had no sword, no way of defending him and his son. Without thought, Sara jumped in front of father and son and screamed for them to run as the man drove the sword deep into her stomach.

The last thing she remembered was seeing Cullen and Alexander fleeing to safety. She had saved them.

Had it been just a nightmare, she wondered, or a vision of the future?

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