Distracted by the Highlander by Rebecca Preston

Author:Rebecca Preston
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Time travel
Published: 2020-05-26T16:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 34

Finally, the storm moved on. The first morning of clear skies, Kay awoke sharply before dawn, disoriented and uneasy before she realized what was wrong… it was the quiet of the rain having stopped. She'd gotten so used to the constant drumming of the rain on the roof that silence felt loud and strange to her. Still, it was a welcome relief for the people of the castle, many of whom were getting a bit stir-crazy. Kay headed down to breakfast and grinned at how many people were out in the courtyard, splashing around on the still-wet stone of the yard, savoring the opportunity to be outside for once… and even baking in a tiny little bit of sunshine as it peeped through the still-thick clouds that almost covered the sky.

But it wasn't long before reports started rushing in. There was considerable damage all over the village and even the castle because of the storm… the gates needed repairs, as did the docks, and it seemed a number of roads around the village had been washed out and needed more men than the village had to spare to make repairs. So the Watch was mobilized, along with any spare men of the castle… and to her quiet dismay, Liam was among the volunteers. She considered volunteering herself — but then she realized that every other volunteer was male and decided against spending time in that kind of company.

Besides, she was a little bit worried about leaving the castle. The conversation they'd had about the wisps stuck in her mind — the idea that they might be reaching out beyond their usual hunting patterns out of desperation was worrisome. The men of the Watch carried iron weapons with them when they left the castle, Liam included, and they made sure to be safe inside the walls well before dark, but she still bit her lip when she thought of them out there, working on roads and gates and whatever else had been damaged. What if the wisps had grown bold enough to hunt during the day? What if a guard was lured off while he was working in the late afternoon sunlight?

What if it was Liam? What if she never got to tell him…. well, she could barely acknowledge to herself what it was she wanted to tell him. She blushed every time she thought about it, which was why she did her level best not to think of it whenever possible…. especially when he was around. But the truth was, she was falling for him. She was falling for him incredibly hard, embarrassingly hard… harder than she'd fallen for her college boyfriend, even, whom she'd swooned over during a particularly boring biology class they'd both been taking.

Liam wasn't boring. He was exciting, and handsome, and funny, and rough… every time she thought she had him pegged, he'd surprise her with something, some story or some revelation about his past that made her see him in a slightly different light every time.

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