There Your Heart Will Be Also by Felicia Rogers

Author:Felicia Rogers [Rogers, Felicia]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: Astraea Press

Chapter Eighteen

Now the Scots were alone in the great hall, Cedric pulled Duncan aside for a private conversation. “It is truly great to see ye again.”

Grasping Cedric’s forearm in a type of privately shared greeting, Duncan spoke, “Aye, it is great to see ye as well, my ol’ friend. How long has it been since we tourneyed together?”

“Too long.”

“Aye, it has,” Duncan said. He scratched at his head looked around the room to ensure they were still alone before speaking again. “Cedric, I mean no offense to ye new station in life. But what in the world are ye doing in an English castle thinkin’ on marryin’ an English lass?”

“Duncan, it is a long story and a sad one. And I don’t ache to share these distresses with ye. However, most of them ye already know, and the rest I don’t wish to discuss, if ye don’t mind. But what of ye?”

Duncan shrugged in a manner of avoidance. “As ye say, I have me own distresses I don’t wish to share with ye. I will tell ye my da passed on and Cainneach is now leader of the clan. Don’t get the idea he ran me off. He just gave me free rein to leave if I felt led. And I did.”

“Aye, Duncan I am sorry to hear about yer da. He was a good man. I am sure Cainneach is doin’ a fine job of running yer clan. And yer other personal issues are yer own, but we do need to discuss why ye are here so early. I told Barney to tell ye to wait for my signal.”

Duncan scratched a place between his brows. “I canna get over it. I seriously thought ye were dead. Imagine me surprise when Barney shows up and says he has work for us. I couldn’t hardly believe me ears when the man said it was ye, Cedric MacNeil, who wanted us to steal a flock of sheep and ferry them away to another field so ye could ride in and save the day. Which is what we were comin’ to do. Imagine me astonishment,” Duncan added, shaking his head, “when we arrive and someone else was already doing it for ye. Of course, I didn’t know they weren’t yer friends till I saw ye with yer blade.”

Cedric shrugged. “As ye can see, I’m alive. But I might not have been had ye not shown up.”

“Who were those other raiders?”

“I don’t know. Between the two of us there were none left to question.”

Duncan puffed out his chest, pleased with himself. “Another question, if ye weren’t expectin’ me then how did ye discover them?”

“The noise! They were makin’ so much racket they could have heard them in the King’s court!”

Duncan laughed. “Guess they had a mite too much ale on the gold they received.”

When Cedric’s face took on a fierce scowl, Duncan raised his hands in a defense posture. “Now before ye go and get too upset, maybe we can find a way to put this to yer advantage.

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