The Jewel of Grim Fortress by Victoria Zak

Author:Victoria Zak [Zak, Victoria]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781942516149
Amazon: B01I8PIEWO
Publisher: Victoria Zak Romance
Published: 2016-07-09T04:00:00+00:00

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Paisley had never been as happy as when her feet reached solid ground on the ship. Fatigued from fighting against wave after wave that battered her to the bone, Paisley barely made it up the ladder and into the boat. One minute more in that blasted ocean and she surely would have died. But fate had different plans for her as she stood shivering, with her wet dress stuck to her. Water dripped off her long blonde hair to join the pools of sea water collecting at her feet.

“Stay here. I’ll be right back.” Kincaid walked off to the back of the ship.

“As if I’m going anywhere,” she huffed under her breath. Just then Cailean leapt onto the boat shaking the water off his body. “Are ye part dog?”

Paisley asked irritably as she wiped the beads of water from her face.

Cailean shrugged his shoulders. Straight white teeth shimmered as he flashed Paisley one of his famous make-the-lassies’-knees-buckle smiles.

“Wolf, to be precise,” he said as he strode off to find the captain of the ship.

Paisley stood in amazement. A shifter… who would have thought? She had heard tall tales about how some people could shift into animals, but she had supposed they were just that, tall tales. A gust of wind blew over the deck, causing her to shiver and rub her arms for warmth. Where’s Kincaid?

As if he could read her thoughts, he appeared, holding a gray woolen blanket. “I couldn’t find dry clothes for ye. This will have to do.” He wrapped the blanket around her.

“Thank ye.” Paisley snuggled into the warmth.

“We need to talk.” The sternness of his voice worried her and made her

feel as if she was a child about to be punished. She raised her chin and straightened her back. “Aye, we do.” She was not going to let him intimidate her. Putting up with Laird Maclean’s unsavory ways for five summers was enough hell to go through. She was free now and freedom had never felt so good.

“I found a private spot for ye behind these crates. Ye can undress while I stand guard.”

“Undress?”

“Aye, if ye stay in those wet clothes ye’ll catch yer death.”

“How can I trust ye no’ to peek?”

“Ye have me word, lass.” He smiled and Paisley lost all thought. His smile warmed her more than the woolen blanket and in more places than just her skin. For a moment she cared naught if he chose to peek.

Shaking her head, perturbed with herself for thinking of Kincaid in that light, she walked behind the crates and began to undress.

Standing guard with his back to the crates, he crossed his arms. “So, Druid, what in the devil happened back there at the keep? I’ve never seen anything like it before,” he asked over his shoulder.

Stepping out of her soggy dress, Paisley froze. How was she going to explain when she herself didn’t understand fully? There was only one way out of this mess; she was going to have to use her magic, manipulate his mind.

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