The Warrior's wager by Mia Pride

Author:Mia Pride [Pride, Mia]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Mia Pride
Published: 2017-12-21T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Ten

Daniel was a dead man. No man followed his wife, hid behind trees, and watched her disrobe. Alastar’s blood boiled and his stomach clenched. He did not even care that Daniel had told Aislin about Elwynna. She was far in his past and, though he had cared about her more than he had other lassies at the time, at no point had he considered it love or desired marriage with her. As much as it pained him to remember how badly he had hurt her heart, it had never been his intention, and he had been quite clear from the first that he had no intensions toward her aside from companionship and physical lust. If he ever saw the lass again, he would apologize for hurting her, but he knew he would never see her, especially since her father was now the man trying to start a war with Tuathal.

But Aislin was his wife. She was the woman he vowed to protect and had grown to love very much. He would slay any man who threatened her safety or disrespected her honor. Daniel had done both of those, along with his subtle threats in the past and his apparent need to try to form a wedge between them.

The cold night wind whipped him in the face and he only just realized that he had left the house without a tunic, but he was much too heated to let the chill affect him. It also did nothing to cool his temper. He had always been an amicable man, seeking peace and companionship before war and violence, but sometimes a man had to what a man had to do.

The gathering hall came into view. Alastar truly had no idea where to find Daniel, but this was as good of a place as any to look. Daniel tended to stick close to his fellow hunters, even though many of them were warriors and he was not. He could hear the loud voices coming from the rectangular building and, as an inebriated man being carried out by two men on either side of him stumbled through the door, he saw the bright lights spill onto the muddy ground, shimmering off a rather large mud puddle just to the left of the entrance.

“Al!” the drunken man slurred, and he realized it was one of his fellow warriors. While normally he would laugh at the fool and say something witty to honor the occasion, the only thing on his mind at the moment was justice for the wrong done to his wee wife.

“Is Daniel inside?” he came closer to his companion and asked. The man was covered in ale and it had run down his now soaked red tunic. His blond hair stood on end, also soaked with ale that had dried and it created a rather unsightly nest of hair on the man’s head.

“Who ish Dan... yell?” the man murmured.

Alastar was too annoyed to be patient. “Och, man. He is that strange hunter with the long dark hair.

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