A Yuletide Highlander by Cameron Collette

Author:Cameron, Collette
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Highland Heather Romancing a Scot Series, Book Seven
Publisher: Blue Rose Romance
Published: 2020-04-30T00:00:00+00:00

The next afternoon, just as Sarah finished sewing a button onto Gregor’s greatcoat, the bell ringing below revealed clients had entered Stapleton Shipping and Supplies. As she had the past three days, she checked that the bolt securing the door was in place, and on silent feet, rushed to keep Chris quiet.

“Shh.” She shook her head, one finger to her lips as her heart beat a hard, staccato rhythm. “You cannot play with your toys right now, Chris.”

“’Cause we’re hiding from Satan and the bad men still?”

“That’s right, darling.” She squatted beside him.

A bewildered scowl pulled his mouth down. “Sister, why do they want to hurt us?”

“I don’t know.” She had an inkling why, however.

Gregor’s voice echoed in the stairwell, his deep brogue, now quite familiar and always welcome. He knocked softly two times rapidly, followed by a single rap—the signal that all was well.

Giving her brother a reassuring smile, she patted her hair and ran her rough hands down the front of her gown. Until now—until Gregor—she hadn’t cared all that much about her appearance. Her clothing and hairstyle had been practical, serviceable, and kept her gender hidden.

That was what had been important. Was what had kept them alive.

But now…

She couldn’t lie to herself. She wanted to appear pretty, but without pins, she could do little with her hair but plait it. And while the gown she wore was a vast improvement over her shoddy boy’s attire, it fell far short of attractive, and the fit was dismal at best.

Chris resumed playing with his toy soldiers, his tongue caught between his lower teeth as he hummed to himself. What would become of him if she couldn’t retrieve the chest and her grandmother didn’t come ’round?

Cat, regally perched nearby, observed Chris’s every move. The furry imp reached his paw out and batted a soldier over. Then another. He looked at Chris, blinked his big green eyes, and knocked over a third soldier.

Chris burst out laughing, and a gratified smile swept Sarah’s mouth upward. It had been so long since he’d been this happy.

The door swung open, and Gregor stepped through, a look on his face she’d come to recognize meant he had another surprise. He quite liked surprises.

Behind him, filed in three of the most elegant women Sarah had ever laid eyes upon.

“Blimey,” Chris breathed, his jaw practically banging his chest.

Cat, on the other hand, appeared entirely unimpressed. After one bored, superior glance, he lifted a paw to his mouth—the same paw used to attack the soldiers—and begin grooming.

Chris’s awed gaze flicked from lady to lady to lady then returned to Sarah. He stood and tried to smooth his thick, newly trimmed hair. “Coo, I ain’t never seen the like afore, sister.”

Trying not to wince at the slang he’d picked up while in London, Sarah corrected his grammar. “You haven’t ever seen the like, Chris.”

“That’s what I just said. They’re prettier than angels straight from heaven, aren’t they?” As if he’d a notion of what angels looked like.

Gregor chuckled, and for some illogical reason, Sarah stifled the urge to tell him to hush.

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