The Highlander’s Secret Vow by Eliza Knight

Author:Eliza Knight
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Tags: Highland
Publisher: 0
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 12

Cora paced her chamber, worried over what was taking her mother so long. She’d heard her mother walk past, arguing with the guards, what had to have been a half hour before. Her words had been too muffled for Cora to hear, and when she’d opened the door, her mother was nowhere to be seen, and the guards were standing stoically in position. Her mother had not come out since.

Every muscle ached in her body. She had to quit this pacing. Rest mayhap. But her mind was a storm of questions. What had happened when her mother spoke with the king? Did it have anything to do with Liam not acknowledging her as his wife?

A knock sounded at the door, startling her. She leapt into the air, which only caused Alice, her maid, to jump from where she’d been adding another log to the fire in the hearth. The knock had been hard, not the light, fluttery knuckling of her mother.

“Are ye all right, my lady?” Alice’s eyes were wide, and she stood, brushing debris off her hands onto her skirts.

“The door.” Cora swallowed, finding whatever little bit of strength she had left in her to face whoever was on the other side.

“Right.” Alice hurried to open it, revealing Liam.

Despite how wary she felt at seeing him, he still took her breath away. He was several inches taller than the door frame itself. With hands braced on either side of the door, he leaned his head inside. His features were schooled in a look that was both fierce and intoxicating.

“Thank ye, Alice,” Liam said, his voice mirroring the expression on his face—no nonsense. “I’d like some privacy with my wife.”

Alice nodded and hurried from the room, leaving the two of them alone. It was hard to look at him, hard to stand there under his scrutiny. Within her boots, her toes curled in, as though pulling away from him. As if that tiny bit would make a difference. Just when she got up the nerve to ask why he had avoided all talk of marriage and introduced her as nothing more than a weak Sassenach, Liam turned his back on her. She thought he was leaving, but all he did was duck through the door and wave his hand, ushering in a servant with a tray full of delicious-smelling food. Her stomach growled loud enough for anyone within shouting distance to hear. The servant bowed to her and Liam and then left. Liam shut and barred the door.

“Are ye hungry?” His voice was gruff as he approached the table, set out two trenchers and motioned her forward.

The room seemed smaller with him in it. Even her own headspace seemed smaller, as though every thought, every sense was consumed by him. And that seemed rather unfair.

“I am,” she managed to croak out, her heart skipping a beat.

Eating required moving closer so that he could fill her mouth with food from his own fingers or eating utensil. The intimacy of it was too much right now.

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