Highlander’s Veiled Bride by Shona Thompson

Author:Shona Thompson
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Highland
Published: 2020-08-26T21:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER TWENTY

Riding with Donal and their men had left Angus with a heart that was beating fast in his chest and a foul taste in his mouth. The truth was that he was scared. He was scared about what was going to happen to him, to Donal, to their clansmen. He was scared that he would survive the attack, but Donal wouldn’t. He was scared that his war would leave Vanora a widow with two small children, he was scared that Donal would never get to see his second child.

He didn’t dare voice any of his concerns. He knew that the moment he would say anything out loud, it would become too real to him.

Besides, he didn’t want Donal to worry. If he were to judge by the way that Donal glanced around as they rode their horses, his gaze falling from one tree to the next as though he was expecting a Keith clansman to jump right out of the woods and murder him, Angus would say that Donal was already worried.

The men all had their orders, though. They all knew what they were supposed to do and what their role would be in the ambush and during the battle, and that gave Angus some peace of mind. After all, he had chosen his men because of their skill, and he trusted them with his life.

“Vanora will have me head when she finds out about this,” Donal mumbled under his breath. “I’ll tell her it was yer idea.”

“She willnae believe ye,” Angus pointed out. “Out of the two of us, it was always ye and Vanora that caused all the trouble as children. Ye deserve each other.”

Donal laughed, and Angus tried to ignore how strained his laugh was. Yet the smile that Donal gave him when Angus looked at him was genuine and brilliant; Donal always wanted to ensure that the people around him weren’t worried about him.

“Ach, I dinnae deserve her, and I ken that,” Donal admitted. “She’s too good for me, but I’d be a bloody fool if I told her that.”

“Noo, there is something that we agree on,” Angus teased. It was easier than telling Donal that he and Vanora were the reason why he had managed to overcome the grief that almost swallowed him after he found out the truth about Vika; they were the only reason why he had managed to get back onto his feet, and even though they lived days apart from each other and their only contact for a while had been through letters, they had been there for him more than anyone else had.

“Weel . . . yer a married man noo,” Donal reminded him. “Ye’ll ken what it’s like to be married soon enough.”

“I’ve been married before. I ken what it’s like.”

“Nay . . . nay, ye dinnae ken anything,” Donal insisted. “Ye dinnae ken what it’s like to be married to the lass that ye love. Ye’ve been married before, but ye have never lived through anything like that.

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