To Ride A Púca by HEATHER MCCORKLE

Author:HEATHER MCCORKLE [MCCORKLE, HEATHER]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: mystery, romance, paranormal
Publisher: Compass Press
Published: 2012-05-06T07:00:00+00:00

21

The next morning as Neala dropped a few flakes of hay into Dubh’s stall, a fairy delivered a note to her. Her heart sank as she read it. It was from Bren and he said he wouldn’t be able to meet her that day. He wrote that there were a handful of Danes scouting the area close to his village and that he couldn’t chance leaving. But it also said he’d try to meet her that night at her house.

It had already been a full day since she’d seen him and it felt like an eternity. She wanted to tell him all about the Dane. Well, maybe not all about him. She’d leave out the part about how sweet he could be and how alluring his blue eyes were at times. Yes, she’d definitely leave those parts out. More than that, she wanted desperately to talk to Bren about what happened in the cave. Surely they could work it out.

The barn door opened, pulling Neala from her thoughts. It was her da leading one of the black and white geldings in. Both he and the horse were dripping sweat.

“Oh Neala, good, ye’re in here. Can ye ride out and check the upper field? We had a bunch of stray lambs wander off and I’m beat,” he said.

She brushed hay from her tunic, trying to buy time to think up an excuse. While she may not believe Tyr was a cold-blooded killer, she still didn’t trust him enough to leave him alone with her parents.

“I don’t think that’s a good idea, da,” she said, settling on the truth when nothing else came to her.

He gave her an exasperated look as he wiped sweat from his brow. She hated that look. It was the one that meant he thought she was being a silly little girl. When would he realize she had stopped being a child years ago?

“I don’t have the energy to argue with ye,” he said with a sigh.

“Good, then don’t.”

Taking a deep breath that puffed his chest out, he stopped and turned to her. “Fine. If ye’re so worried that yer ma and I can’t defend ourselves, take the Dane with ye,” he said, sounding defeated.

If she hadn’t been looking so forward to a day without babysitting his tone might have made her feel bad.

“Fine, I will,” she said as she grabbed Dubh’s bridle and spun away.

Before her da spoke again she was in Dubh’s stall getting him ready.

“I’m sorry. It’s just that this has all been so stressful on us. I’m sorry we haven’t had the chance to talk. I know ye must have a lot of questions.”

“No da, I don’t. Me Order has answered all me questions. Besides, why would I ask ye? Ye’d probably just lie to me,” she snapped.

“I suppose I deserve that. Truly Neala, if we’d had any idea the Danes would invade like this, we never would have kept the truth of what ye are from ye,” he said.

She glared at her da as she opened the stall door and led Dubh out.

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