Highland Devil (Murray Family #22) by Hannah Howell

Author:Hannah Howell [Howell, Hannah]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Romance
ISBN: 9781420143072
Amazon: 1420143077
Publisher: Zebra
Published: 2018-07-30T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twelve

Gybbon stepped into Mora’s bedchamber and watched Annys bathe her face with cool water. “Annys, go to bed,” he said quietly as he walked up to her. “Your husband wants company.”

“He just wants someone to complain to,” she said, but stood up and dried her hands. “She is a bit cooler now, and I had a good look at her healing wound thinking I may have missed something. There was no sign of infection, but I wouldnae expect any since it was Jolene who took care of it.” She shook her head. “So, I have nary an answer for why this fever came on.”

“It may be as simple as the journey she took to get here.”

“Aye. Mayhap it was too much too soon as I heard she spent the whole time stuck in the back of that cart and covered over.”

“Needed to keep her out of sight for her murderous cousin was following us.”

“Aye. She did too much too soon, that is all. Just because someone feels better or their fever fades doesnae mean they are truly ready and hale enough to make a journey, especially nay one where they must sit and hide in a cart. Do ye ken, it could even be just the constant worry and fear she must have been feeling for a long time now. I ken I had a lot of it when I was dealing with Adam and the possibility that he would win the battle for my home. It hasnae been so verra long since she had to bury her parents. She also must believe her brothers are dead as weel. Then there is a mad cousin doing all he can to kill her and her last surviving brother. A body can only take so many blows.”

He nodded but said nothing for he was still uneasy, but her words had worked to calm him a little. “How did Harcourt hurt his foot?”

Annys stopped just as she reached the door and looked back at him, smiling faintly. “Didnae he tell you?”

“Nay.” He could see her lips trembling as she fought what he suspected was hearty laughter. “Since there were so many of us round the table and everyone was talking, I let him mutter something about how he shouldnae have been on the stable roof anyway.”

“He was on the cursed roof because Roban was up there and Benet was afraid he would fall. A few little tears and Papa is getting up on the roof.”

“It is a cat and has more weight and more everything than even this one,” he said, and pointed at Freya, who was curled up at Mora’s side. “Animal could probably have nimbly leapt to safety all by itself. What harm could come to it?”

“Verra little I suspect, but Benet was scared. And, aye, the cat took care of itself once Harcourt got up there. Made a beautiful leap from the stable roof to the bathhouse roof and then to the ground. Unfortunately, Harcourt lunged after the cat and lost his footing.

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