Duncan (Immortal Highlander Clan MacMar Book 5): A Scottish Time Travel Romance by Hazel Hunter

Author:Hazel Hunter [Hunter, Hazel]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2024-11-07T00:00:00+00:00

Duncan walked Nicole back toward his bed, easing her down on the ticking before he stretched her arms over her head. The way she looked up at him, her pretty eyes filled with desire and trust, nearly made him change his mind. Yet if he allowed her to do as she wished, the laird and his wife would again convince her to attempt to separate and heal a hybrid—and that he knew would prove the death of her.

If she died here, so far from her home and family, he would never be able to scrub that blood from his hands.

“I didn’t know you were into bondage, Healer,” Nicole said as she watched him remove the length of linen from his pocket and place it on the pillow beside her head. “Shouldn’t we wait until we know each other a little better? Given my lack of experience, you probably wouldn’t enjoy this as much as you think. Are there rocks under your pillow?”

“No’ rocks.” He looked down at her as he reached for the manacles he’d gotten from the armory and concealed under the pillow before bringing her here. “Dinnae fear. I but need keep you in my bed for now.”

Nicole went still when she saw the heavy chained cuffs, but her expression remained composed as she watched him place them around her wrists. “Exactly how long is ‘for now’?”

“Until I may persuade the laird and his lady cease their madness.” Once he had secured her hands he shifted back and did the same with her ankles. That left using the wide, thick length of linen he’d brought to gag her so she wouldn’t call out for aid. “’Tis for your own good, lass. ’Tis some wounds no mortal may survive. Forgive me.”

“I absolutely will not forgive you, Duncan MacMar,” she said pleasantly, as if they had been discussing what they wished for the evening meal. “Nor will you be able to hide me in here forever. I’ll scream for help.”

“’Tis unlikely anyone shall hear you through these thick walls.” He showed her the linen he intended to use as a gag. “Only I may assure none shall.”

Nicole eyed the cloth, and still showed no fear at all. “Several guards saw me with you. Valerie and Connal will want to talk to me about the hybrid I separated. A search is inevitable. When I’m found, I will tell everyone what you did. You do have dungeons here, I assume. How would you like to run your infirmary out of them?”

That she believed his brothers would cast him into the depths for protecting a lady made his mouth hitch.

“No one shall lock me away.” He stood and looked down at her, resisting the regret that already twisted his heart. What was done was done, and she would be safe for now. “The laird and his lady shallnae search for you when I assure them I sent you with one of the vassals to visit the MacKay farm.” He extended the linen full length before he bent over her.

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