Wolf Castle by Heather Walker

Author:Heather Walker [Walker, Heather]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2018-05-30T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 18

Lachlan seized Callum by the back of the neck and jerked him down the landing. Callum stumbled and reared to throw the young Laird off, but Lachlan smacked his hands away and took hold of him one more time. He pitched Callum forward to march him down the landing.

Callum spun around to face him. Lachlan confronted him for one instant. Then he struck Callum hard. He planted both hands against Callum’s shoulders and spun him around to face away. He shoved him in the back and pushed him to the head of the stairs.

Callum couldn’t allow this to continue. He whipped around. He flew at Lachlan, and the two men met in matched hostility and deadly rage. Callum flung his hands around Lachlan’s throat. He had to kill this man if it was the last thing he did. He had to get Sadie out of that room and fly her to Urlu. Nothing else mattered.

Lachlan caught him at the same moment, but he didn’t try to choke Callum. He held him there. Callum’s fingers tightened to constrict Lachlan’s windpipe. Lachlan didn’t breathe, but he showed no sign of disturbance. He stared Callum down.

All at once, Lachlan exploded out of his skin. He brought up both hands in a swift uppercut that slammed Callum’s teeth together. Stars popped before his eyes, and he staggered backward, right down the stairs.

The floor dropped out under him, and he pitched over backward. Lachlan raced down the stairs after him. Callum tumbled head over heels and sprawled on his face on the carpet. Lachlan didn’t give him a minute’s peace. He grabbed Callum by the collar and hauled him to his feet. He half dragged, half walked Callum across the floor, but Callum couldn’t see where he was going.

Lachlan threw back a door and sent Callum hurtling headfirst into a different room. Callum put out his hands to break his fall, but he still rolled a long way before he pitched over, breathless.

Lachlan’s heels clipped the stone floor. Callum heard Carson’s voice. “What’s the meanin’ o’ this? Where did he come from?”

“He was inside the castle,” Lachlan replied. “I just found him outside the lassie’s room. He mun’ ha’e been tryin’ tae steal her.”

“Put an end tae him.” It was Arch speaking now. “Ye ha’e got what ye want wi’ the other. Ye dinnae need tae continue tae muck aboot wi’ this one. Get rid o’ him. He’s caused us enough bother awready.”

“No,” growled another voice. Callum didn’t recognize it. “Ye’ll need this one, too. Keep him in yer larder until ye’re ready tae serve him up.”

Callum raised his head to the sound. The voice sounded somewhere between male and female. One part of it rumbled deep in the speaker’s chest. The other part lilted in a fluty trill high above the range of human speech.

The first thing he saw were Lachlan and his brothers, along with their cousins, standing in a circle in some nameless room in Duart Castle. The fire blazed on the hearth, and food sat untouched on the table.

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