The Highlander's Enchantment by Eliza Knight

Author:Eliza Knight [Knight, Eliza]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Published: 2019-06-24T16:00:00+00:00

Blair watched Edan walk away, his shoulders straighter than when he’d first approached her father’s study. When he was out of sight, she slipped into the chamber to speak with her father. He was standing by the sideboard pouring a dram of whisky. Before he could sip, she hurried forward, pressed her hand over top of it and asked, “Is that for me, Da?”

Magnus raised his brows. “Do ye need it, lass?”

Her da had indulged each of his daughter’s believing they all had a place in the world; however they saw fit. He’d bought her bows and oars so she might try her hand at the skills her sisters possessed. He’d allowed her to ride as often as she wanted, even the warhorses that most lassies wouldn’t dare mount. He’d allowed her to sip his whisky when her mother wasn’t looking, and to learn to read before she was fully adept at cutting her meat.

“I think so.” She pressed a kiss to his cheek.

“So ye want to marry, aye?”

“I do.”

“And ye think Laird Rose is the man to see it through?”

“No other has ever interested me.”

“That says quite a lot.”

“I thought so.”

“What if I’m not ready to part with ye?” he asked.

Blair sipped the whisky and screwed up her nose, nearly choking on its potency before she tossed it back the rest of the way. The liquid burned a path down her throat and warmed her belly.

“I would say the same, Da. I’m not ready to part with any of ye, but I am ready to be a wife, and I find myself to have taken a fancy to Edan Rose. He is a good man. I think I can make him happy, and I’m certain he will make me feel the same way.”

Magnus nodded. “’Tis what a father hopes for. What I dinna understand is the missive, lass.”

She bit her lip and shook her head. “I dinna know how it got into his hands. I thought I destroyed it… I think one of my cousins felt the need to act on my behalf. And I forgive whichever one of them did so. But I fear I shall never trust them again for taking away my choice, even if it has brought me happiness.”

“Aye. We are lucky the foolish actions did not lead to war.”

Blair looked toward her feet, feeling ashamed. “I’m sorry, Da.”

“Och, dinna fash. We all make mistakes. But I must know that your decision to wed Laird Rose doesna stem from guilt.”

Her head shot up, and she shook her head. “Oh, nay, Da, I really do care for him.”

“Well then, we’ve a wedding to plan.”

She wrapped her arms around her father, squeezing her eyes shut and listening to the familiar beat of his heart.

He pressed his hand to the back of her head, stroking down her hair. “I love ye, sweet lass.”

“I love ye, too, Da.”

“I suppose I should make the announcement afore I finish this jug of whisky and canna walk straight.”

Blair laughed. “I’ve never seen ye not walk straight, Da.

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