Heather and the Highlander by Cole Elizabeth

Author:Cole, Elizabeth
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: SkySpark Books
Published: 2022-01-10T16:00:00+00:00

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Dear Daisy,

I write to you from Carregness…again, yet, still. As I may have mentioned in my previous letter, Uncle Cyril has come here (well, to the village) and claims he is staying until I agree to come home with him. Which of course I will never do! He sends a letter to the castle every day, asking when I will join him on the journey back to Lancashire. I do not answer those notes, though I have kept the ten pound notes (!) he has included with each one. For an attempted bribe, it’s very odd.

The only good news is that I’ve not seen Mr. Webb yet. Perhaps he’s decided not to come, which would be a miracle. Uncle Cyril has some other motive for being here, though, and I am not sure what it could be other than kidnapping. Since I have not left the immediate grounds since I saw him, he has had no such opportunity, nor do I intend to give him any. Niall has designated a few men to keep watch on Uncle Cyril, but no one has identified anyone like a solicitor meeting with him. For a man threatening legal action, does that not seem more like legal inaction? Perhaps he is too lazy to pursue the matter. He was never a particularly industrious man, not like Papa. So perhaps I should not be surprised. And every day he does nothing brings me closer to my birthday!

Niall and the rest of the family have been very kind throughout the whole ordeal, though I shudder to think what impression they now have of my countrymen. I do hope that someday I can introduce them to better examples…namely you, and Rose and Poppy, and Camellia. They would do wonders for the reputation of that most maligned species, the English wallflower.

Fond regards,

Heather Hayes MacNair

Days had passed. Heather avoided being alone with Niall, embarrassed by her display of lust the other night. Anyone would think she was trying to seduce him. Unfortunately, the result of that was that she didn’t spend much time with him at all, and she felt rather empty.

Calcutta. Cairo. Budapest. Moscow. Venice. Paris. Porto. She recited the names of some of the cities she wanted to see, tried to imagine the skylines of each as she sailed into port. It was trickier lately.

She rounded a corner of the second story hallway, just where a small alcove was set at the juncture of two passages. There, in the shadows, she saw Brenna embracing Niall. His back was to Heather, so all she saw was Brenna’s arms twined around his neck, and her pale forehead and dark curls visible just above his shoulder. Heather dashed back behind the corner, her heart pounding.

Was that how it was? Heather denied him what he wanted and his first reaction was to seek out pleasure with another woman? How could Niall do what he did to her the other night, when he was also romancing Brenna?

Heather returned to her room and waited until her heart stopped acting like a bird in flight.

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