Highland Surrender by Tracy Brogan

Author:Tracy Brogan [Brogan, Tracy]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Romance
ISBN: 9781612186962
Google: FiN_MAEACAAJ
Amazon: B008EX9YDE
Goodreads: 15781910
Publisher: AmazonEncore
Published: 2012-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 24

FIONA WONDERED WHERE her husband slept these days. Four nights had passed since he’d left her and his sister on the road heading back to Dempsey. And during those days, he’d been cordial but cool, arriving each morning to change his clothes and then be on his way again. During meals, he might come to the hall and join them, but he just as often dined in his father’s chamber. Fiona passed her time with Vivi and Alyssa. Marietta remained remote, gracious but aloof. So much so that even her own sister began whispering comments into Fiona’s ear.

“Take heart. It’s isn’t you she doesn’t like. She has always been this way.”

Fiona reminded herself it didn’t matter what the wife of Cedric Campbell thought, yet in some tiny corner of her mind, it did.

The ladies were together, sewing in Vivi’s chamber, when a shout rang out, and soon after, a fast rapping sounded on the door. One servant opened it, and there stood another, beaming.

“My ladies. Lord Tavish has returned. And he’s brought Lord Robert with him.”

Alyssa squeaked with joy as she and Vivienne set their mending aside. “Oh, Fiona, you’re sure to adore Robert. But you mustn’t let him tease you. He is notorious for jests.”

Fiona’s heart gave a thump. One more Campbell to be wary of? Wonderful.

Alyssa was out the door, skipping down the hall. Vivienne and Fiona followed at a more leisurely place.

“You look grim,” Vivi said.

“More so than usual?” Fiona had taken to her own kind of teasing with Myles’s aunt, and their friendship seemed to blossom from it.

Vivienne’s laugh was light as she tipped her head to look more closely at Fiona’s face. “No, not more grim than usual. And certainly not so grim as that very first night.”

The women walked through the hall and into the bailey, where Tavish and Myles’s brother were being greeted as conquering heroes of the realm. Fiona spotted Robert instantly, for he bore the look of Cedric but with the more angular jaw afforded by youth. His coloring was lighter than Myles’s, and he had a light-brown mop of curls. He tipped up his face, and his eyes met hers. She nearly faltered in her step, for those eyes of his were the deepest, brightest blue she’d ever seen, more violet than indigo. No wonder women succumbed to him.

Vivienne giggled beside her and whispered, “Mind yourself. He’s an utter rapscallion.”

Myles stepped up next to his brother and turned to follow his gaze. When his eyes landed on Fiona, he frowned and stepped in front of Robert, saying something she could not hear. Robert laughed and nodded.

Fiona felt color heating her cheeks, for whatever was said was most certainly about her.

When her husband turned back in her direction, the lines of his face were more relaxed, and the brothers made their way toward Fiona and Vivienne.

Robert leaned in to kiss his aunt’s cheek. “Vivi, you saucy wench, you haven’t aged a day. Are you some kind of witch?”

“Something like that. Welcome home, Robert.

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