A Love Through Time by Brisbin Terri

Author:Brisbin, Terri [Brisbin, Terri]
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Tags: Romance, Time Travel, Fiction
ISBN: 9781479252367
Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
Published: 2012-12-19T08:00:00+00:00

Chapter 26

The sunlight piercing through the window wakened Maggie the

next morning. Sliding her hand across the bed, she discovered that

Alex was gone. She sat up and looked around the room to see if he

had slept on the floor by the fire. The room was empty but for her.

She slid off the bed and gathered her skirt and bodice from the

trunks. Reaching into the skirt pocket, she took out her linen

chemise and realized she had better find a new one soon. Her only

undergarment had become worn and thin from the constant wearing

and washing. She left on Alex's shirt and dressed quickly in the

chily room. After braiding her hair and wrapping it in a cloth, she

was ready to break her fast and to begin her day in the kitchens.

Break her fast! She was beginning to sound like these Scots in

her thoughts now. Most of the servants in the kitchen had stopped

snickering behind her back in Gaelic and started speaking in a

Scots-English once the newness of the situation wore off. There

were stil a few men who pinched her behind or puled at her

breasts, but they didn't try it very often. Alex made his possession

of her very clear in public and to touch her in his or his friends' sight

would be a direct chalenge. The cowards who stil tormented her

would never want to face the laird's son in a fight.

The only time, she thought, that Alex did not proclaim his

ownership of her was in the presence of Anice. They had agreed

not to humiliate her in front of the clan since they would hopefuly

not be here forever, and she would. She would have to live out the

embarrassment they caused while they were here in her time.

Maggie walked through the hal on her way to the kitchens.

The tables were in place and soldiers, servants, and some family

members were starting to drift in to eat. She stil couldn't face the

porridge the cooks made for breakfast. She entered the kitchen,

poured a mug of water, and took some bannocks from a large

platter that was ready to be served. The bannock cakes reminded

her of rice cakes, moister and heavier, but very definitely palatable.

She finished her quick meal and started her duties.

A few minutes later, one of Anice's serving women came into

the room and asked the cook to have food delivered to Anice's

room. At the cook's nod, Maggie began organizing a tray. The

woman's voice rang out through the relative quiet in response.

"Nay! I'l not have my lady's food touched by that whore.

Odara, find another to prepare and deliver it now. The lady is

waiting." Without waiting for an answer, the woman turned and left.

Maggie came to a complete stop, her hand stil extended to

pick up a smal loaf of bread. Even though she knew that she was

not actualy Alex's lover, the words sliced through her. The flush

and heat of humiliation crept up to color her cheeks. She dropped

her hands to her sides and lowered her head so that those in the

kitchen couldn't see her tears.

"Maggie," Odara caled out to her, "let that be, and knead the

loaves for me.

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