Highland Warrior by Evie North

Author:Evie North [North, Evie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780648591153
Publisher: Evie North
Published: 2019-11-16T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 4

EWEN

Ewen followed his man from the great hall, his head full of the girl he had been dreaming of for ten years. Elspit had grown into an even more beautiful woman, and although outwardly she was cool and detached, he did not believe for a moment that the girl he had loved was not still there inside her. Behind her wary eyes she had been unable to disguise her lust for him, try though she might.

He had felt enormous satisfaction in seeing Elspit walking toward him in the great hall. Mine! A voice in his head had roared. At last! And then instead of smiling with love and relief, instead of clasping her arms about him, she had asked him for permission to go north to another man.

It wasn’t going to happen.

That proud and beautiful face, the way she held herself, as if she was afraid she might break. He’d felt a fresh wave of fury wash through him. He had been dreaming of her throwing herself into his arms but he knew now she would not allow him to see her vulnerability. The years apart had not been congenial for either of them, but although Ewen had spent them working toward a happy ending, Elspit had been wed to a man she did not love and forced to live in Castle Tighe and witness her father’s increasing appetite for viciousness.

He should feel sympathy for her but instead he was angry. Full of rage. Rage at himself and her father and the circumstances that meant he could not be the champion for her that he had longed to be.

And then he had made his demand and, as he leaned in close to her, smelling her skin, tasting it, her breath had hitched. He’d caught the scent of her, and his hands ached to touch her. His mouth wanted to trace her every curve, and his cock grew hard and heavy with the need to push deep inside her. He had come to claim her and she knew it now, just as he knew with deep satisfaction that whatever changes had occurred in their years apart, she wanted him too.

She wanted him too.

But she also wanted to set off for another man immediately afterwards.

Shards of pain pierced his chest, dug into his heart until the blood ran freely. Was his long wait, was his sacrifice, all for nothing?

“Here, my lord.”

The voice interrupted his unhappy thoughts and he forced himself back to the present. His man had brought him to the castle wall and now they both surveyed their grim discovery. Heads upon pikes. They were a grisly sight, the faces unrecognisable, but he had heard of neighbours being kidnapped and lands stolen. Elspit’s father had much to be sorry for, and Ewen would see that he was.

“We will look over the barracks while I am here,” he said. “And the armoury. I want to be ready if there is any retaliation from Tighe’s friends.”

The man smirked. “I doubt he has any friends left,” he said.

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