When a Highlander Loses His Heart (Highlander Vows: Entangled Hearts Book 4) by Julie Johnstone

Author:Julie Johnstone [Johnstone, Julie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fiction, Historical Romance
Publisher: Julie Johnstone
Published: 2017-03-26T18:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eleven

Isobel had haunted Graham’s dreams all during his fever, and seeing her now, looking like a wee forest fairy in a simple blue gown that hugged her generous curves and her chestnut hair tumbling over her shoulders to dangle at her waist, he knew why. He desired this woman like he had never yearned for another.

When he had been riding with her on the way here and had her cradled in his arms, fighting the fever that was setting in from his wound, all he could think of was what he needed to do to ensure she was protected—from his sister and those in his clan who might wish her harm, from his own king who would not hesitate to use her to get what he desired, and from her own family who had proven time and again they held no love for her.

Graham had pleaded with the king to wait to choose Isobel’s husband until his fever had broken so he could aid the king in the choice, and to his relief, the king had agreed. His fever had only broken that morning, but when he had awoken to Iain, Lachlan, and Cameron standing near his bed whispering, he had known something was afoot. Iain had informed him that the king had just received a letter from Isobel’s father, and Graham had rushed from his bed and come straight here.

He glanced between Isobel, the king, and the Campbell’s messenger, wishing he’d had time to speak with the king alone but he had only arrived moments before Isobel. She stood with her back straight and her chin tilted up defiantly, yet her eyes—so blue and wide—showed her fear. The overwhelming protective feeling that only this woman caused in him surged hot through his veins.

He had convinced himself that his need to protect her was because he had vowed it and he simply intended to keep his vow, but looking at her now, he knew he had lied to himself. He wanted her, and the moment he had kissed her and felt in her the same passion that was barely contained in him, he did not want anyone else to have her. That fierce possessiveness worried him. Isobel, he knew instinctually, was the sort of woman who could make a man vulnerable, and that weak state was not one he wished to court.

“Isobel Campbell, come forward,” King David boomed.

Isobel did not hesitate. She walked with the bearing of a queen straight up to the dais where the king sat beside Iain, Lachlan, and the king’s trusted allies Robert Erskine and Archibald Douglas. Though the king had not called Graham forward, he strode up to the dais and took up position beside Isobel. She glanced at him, a grateful look in her eyes.

The king speared Isobel with his unwavering gaze. “This messenger is from yer father. What say ye? Do ye think he pleads for yer return?”

A pained look crossed her face that made Graham’s chest squeeze. “I’m certain he pleads for my return, Sire,” Isobel replied in a voice underlain with resentment.

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