The McKinnon The Beginning (The McKinnon Legends) by James Ranay

Author:James, Ranay [James, Ranay]
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Published: 2012-10-12T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter 57

Nic was miserable. He and a young soldier named Gregory huddled up to the meager fire. The longer they were out the more miserable he became. He was wet, tired, and missed his Duchess. His soul was weary and for the first time in his life, he felt that maybe, he had not done the right thing after all.

Had he waited, she might have married him willingly. She had been willing to let him go because Henry decreed him to marry. So maybe, just maybe, she would have married him because the King had said it was to be so. Maybe he should have given her the choice. He had removed the option, and now Nic was running circles in his mind.

“Damn! I am getting nowhere with this. I cannot go back and change the past and I am not so sure I would, even if it were an alternative,” Nic said angrily to his companion as he threw a stick he had been carving into the fire. There was not much left of it anyway.

“Nic, you cannot keep beating yourself up over this. I would wager you were forgiven," Gregory weighed in for the first time.

"What makes you say that?"

"Well, otherwise why would she have come to see you off like she did?” Gregory replied.

“That was not my wife who was there when we left. I left Morgan sleeping in the chambers up in the royal guest suites.”

“I’m aware it was Lady Elizabeth who kissed you. I have been trying to get her attention again for months. I was talking about Lady Morgan. She was there under the arch as you were leaving.”

Nic felt his color drain. Undoubtedly, she saw the little show Lady Elizabeth had put on for the benefit of the troops. For once, Nic was actually innocent of any real wrongdoing, but she would have seen the kiss. The court gossips no doubt would pass on to her he and Elizabeth had been lovers. Morgan would feel betrayed.

Tiny, blonde, and curvy.

“Oh, my God.” Nic breathed under his breath. She would have interpreted the kiss as a kiss from his tiny, blonde, and beautiful love. Maybe even the reason he had asked for the annulment to a marriage she would think he did not want. He had to get a message to her and fast. It had already been several weeks since they left London.

“Gregory, I need get a message to her. I’m sure she would have witnessed the little scene." Morgan had three weeks to ponder the day he left her.

“Nic, I’m sorry she had to see that. I could see where things might be misinterpreted, especially if one did not know Elizabeth. She is a notorious flirt, and Lady Morgan has not been at court that long. If Lady Morgan knew Elizabeth, as most do, she would look at it for the game it is. Liz really needs to have a man to take her in hand.”

Nic could tell Gregory really wanted to be that man.

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