The Highlander & The Unlikely Heir by Fiona MacEwen

Author:Fiona MacEwen
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Publisher: 0
Published: 2018-05-23T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter 15

Lies and Truths

The wedding was not a large affair, but the castle seemed altogether too busy for Hamish. He was a simple man with simple pleasures, and the Grant Clan had been a good fit for him. He had been a young lad when he came to work for Hugh, the previous Laird Grant, and they had grown side by side. Hamish had never been jealous of Hugh’s position in the household and had been more than happy to serve in the castle.

Alastair was not everything his father had been, but given time, he would be a great Laird, and Hamish was only too happy to see him change. Often, Alastair would ask for his opinion, though Hamish did not contemplate how often that advice was followed. Still, the fact that he was asked did wonders for both Hamish’s self-esteem, and his position in the young Laird’s eye.

It was for this very reason that when Hamish passed by the young Lady Isobel’s rooms; he was startled to hear the conversation going on within.

Hamish could never be accused of snooping, and so he was about to walk away when the words registered.

“–have sent her to a convent.”

“Mother,” the voice sounded like Lady Isobel. “Are ye mad?”

“Who will think to look for her there?” Margaret’s voice was distinctive, and though Hamish could not see her face, he pictured the cruel smile on her face. “She would have ruined my plans. Alastair will marry you.”

Indignant on Alastair’s behalf, Hamish stepped closer to the wall, out of sight from anyone in the room but close enough that he could still hear. He kept his eyes on the corridor, content that he would see someone coming before getting caught snooping.

“The marriage would go ahead, anyway.”

“Ye cannae ken that,” Margaret snapped, and there was the sound of something slamming. “I spent years being treated like dirt at the hands of yer father. If anyone learns who she is–“

“The door, Mother,” Isobel started, and Hamish took his leave, afraid that he would be found.

As soon as he had disappeared around the corner, he paused, wondering what Lady Sutherland had meant by who the servant was. Hamish was not a fool; he had eyes enough to know that Alastair had taken to one of the servants. The only one who had caused such vitriol in Lady Sutherland and Isobel while they had been in residence at the castle was the same one.

There was precious little time before the wedding was to take place, and before Hamish went to Alastair with his suspicions, he needed to find out where the servant girl had been taken—and who she may have been.

The benefit of being a servant in castles like those of the Grant and Sutherland clans, was that a lot of gossip took place between everyone working there. Most of it was fluff, things that could be broken down into a few truths. It was one of these that Hamish was after.

He knew where the guards of the Sutherland

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