Highland Magic: The Complete Series by Helen Harper

Author:Helen Harper [Harper, Helen]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2017-05-13T23:00:00+00:00

Chapter Two

The mechanic, a loud, blousy woman with grease ingrained so deeply in her palms that I doubted it would ever come off, agreed to pick up the Fiat. She seemed doubtful about how quickly she’d get round to fixing it so we ended up buying yet another heap of a car so we could reach my Clan Lands before the month was out. Taylor was grumpy at the amount of money it cost but the last thing I wanted was to hang around Perth for days on end.

We were dangerously close to the Moncrieffe Lands here and it wouldn’t take Aifric long to realise that he’d failed yet again in his bid to kill me. All the same, none of us were in the mood for getting back on the road just yet. I, for one, needed a drink to calm me down. Adrenaline was still firing through me and making me twitchy. Speck looked like he was about to pass out. We could wait until morning before continuing on our way.

Bob made a good effort to keep up everyone’s spirits by jabbing light insults and flitting around us, but we were all shaken by what had just transpired. This was the second real attempt on my life – and there had been other half-hearted efforts too. It was a lot to take in. I was far from perfect but knowing there was someone out there who wanted me cold in the ground was definitely sobering. Especially when that someone was almost certainly the Steward. Even Brochan looked fed up.

‘I was an assassin, you know,’ I said, as we strolled towards the homely pub where we’d arranged to meet Chandra. ‘I used to make a killing.’

Brochan grunted.

‘Well, that’s great, Integrity,’ Speck said, his arms crossed as he marched alongside me. ‘When Tommy the Knock puts a contract out on me for destroying his pride and joy, it will good to know that you’ll be around to joke with him about it afterwards.’

‘Don’t worry about Tommy the Knock. I’ll speak to him.’ Besides, I seriously doubted that the Fiat was his ‘pride and joy’.

‘This is a bad omen,’ Lexie said. ‘We’re not even at the Adair Lands yet and everything’s going to shit.’

‘You’re not looking at this properly.’ Taylor grinned. There was a lilt to his voice that put me on alert. ‘We just escaped a serious assassination attempt. I’d say that’s very a good omen indeed.’

I looked at Taylor then I looked around. By now, most of the high-street shops were shut and, this being a bitter Scottish February, it was already dark. Even so, there were people out on the street, mostly glammed up for a night on the town. I scanned each and every one of them. I didn’t recognise anyone but that meant nothing. I knew from Taylor’s expression that he’d spotted a way to gamble. Probably some old crony he’d spotted.

With a sinking feeling I cleared my throat. ‘You’re going to come to the ceilidh, right?’

He blinked at me innocently.

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