Highlander's Daring Escape by Alisa Adams

Author:Alisa Adams [Adams, Alisa]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Highland
Published: 2019-08-25T16:00:00+00:00

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C atherine returned to her chambers after her futile visit to the dungeons. Her heart went out to Bryan as she thought of him in that cold, dark place and she wondered what must have been going through his mind. She paced fretfully, chewing on her bottom lip as she tried to think of a way to save his life, but it seemed as though her uncle had maneuvered them into an unwinnable situation, and all because Bryan had stopped him from raping a young woman. It sickened her to think that a man like her uncle could prosper while someone heroic like Bryan was condemned. It didn’t make sense, and for once her faith in the Almighty wavered. What kind of God was it that allowed such injustice to happen?

Unfortunately, she was not a scholar and answers to those kinds of questions did not present themselves easily. Besides, the pressing matter was about how to help Bryan. She could only hope that her father would be able to convince Nathaniel to stop what he was doing, even though that meant she would have to leave and marry Lord Ralls, but was that not a small price to pay to ensure Bryan’s safety?

In truth it was, but now that she thought of Bryan she realized how sorry she would be to marry someone who did not make her as excited as the Highlander. But such was the duty of women…

“The household is alive with talk of the prisoner,” Betsy said when she arrived. Catherine had stopped pacing and was now sitting by her window, gazing out at the world, wondering how the beauty of the land could be so simple and the interactions of humans so complex.

“He was here Betsy. He was right here.” She gestured to her chambers. “And now he’s being held in a dungeon. He might as well be half a world away.”

“I know Catherine. I don’t suppose you had any luck with your father?”

“None at all. I begged him to be lenient on Bryan, but he is incensed that somebody could sneak into our estate and into my chambers. I think he feels responsible, that my life could have been in danger, even though I have never felt safer than when I have been in Bryan’s presence. The only way I can promise him to be more lenient on Bryan is to stop resisting what he wants for me. I think the only way I can save Bryan is to willingly give myself to Lord Ralls and be his dutiful wife.”

“But how can you give yourself to such a life? It is not fair Catherine, not fair at all.”

“And what else can I do?”

“You must escape. There must be a way you can flee, with Bryan too. You could run off into the Highlands and disappear.”

“Are those my only two choices?” Catherine asked bitterly. “To be shackled in a loveless marriage or to be a fugitive from everything I know and love?”

Her face was pale and she looked as fragile as a baby bird.

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