Daring the Highlander by Lydia Kendall
Author:Lydia Kendall
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Highland
Publisher: Lydia Kendall
Published: 2019-07-06T21:00:00+00:00
“Lass,” Donnan whispered, wincing at the uncertainty in his voice. He was snuggled close to Bernadine in her bed, watching her read, the light from the candle at her bedside casting a golden glow on her lovely face, highlighting the honey highlights of her hair and the reddish tones of her cheeks.
He had been pondering exactly how to tell her about the letter to her father for days. He knew he ought to have told her about it immediately after sending it, or even better, before he had so much as sealed the thing, but nerves and trepidation had combined to prevent him from doing so. He had felt, as he held the envelope in his hands, that if he did not send it out that day, he never would.
Donnan did not consider himself a coward, had in fact never even associated the word with his person, but then, he supposed, that was what love did to a man. It altered him in ways he could not foresee. Donnan never would have expected written words to hold such power as to frighten him, but writing that letter was the single most terrifying thing he had ever done.
He was glad it was over, done with, sent out and hopefully even now in Lord Nibley’s hands, but the worst was not yet over. He still needed to tell the lass what he had done, and in many ways, that was almost more terrifying.
He had rehearsed countless conversations in his head, even going so far as to practice with Camdyn exactly how best to tell her he not only wanted to marry her, but had asked her father’s permission, admitted to kidnapping her and then, to add insult to injury, demanded an apology from the man for his foul words at the ball. The lad made a truly poor facsimile of Bernadine, actually falling asleep at one point while Donnan was in the midst of declaring his desire to marry her, and the rehearsals had done little to quell his nerves.
And despite the rehearsals and the contemplation, Donnan still had no idea what to tell the lass. Perhaps more importantly, he had no idea how she would react. He knew that Bernadine loved him. She had told him so often, both in words and actions. He knew as well that she was happy in Scotland; she had not once mentioned leaving since that first night they had shared together.
Since then she had in fact seemed to grow more and more a part of the castle and its daily life with each passing hour, until the presence of her in the halls seemed normal, natural and expected. What Donnan was not sure of was whether the lass was truly ready to give up her ties with England.
It was one thing to be happy with their situation as it stood, stealing nights together and living in a blissful limbo where obligations and social customs did not seem to matter, but was she really ready to
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