Indecent: The Moray Druids #2 (Highland Historical) by Kerrigan Byrne

Author:Kerrigan Byrne [Byrne, Kerrigan]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Literature & Fiction, Romance, Anthologies, Historical, Medieval, Scottish, viking, Collections & Anthologies, Historical Romance
Amazon: B00LH6VQJA
Publisher: Ardent Publishing
Published: 2014-07-02T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Five

Kenna thought the dozen or so Viking warriors took the apocalyptic news rather well, all things considering. She supposed they were rather used to the idea of Gods, magick, war, and almost-certain death. They rallied around Niall, their undisputed leader, with a ferocity that both warmed and terrified her.

It was the nuns, and her fellow novices, that seemed to take the most issue with it all. Kenna had watched as the Vikings roused the anxious and bleary-eyed nuns from their beds and herded them into the courtyard, unmolested, whereupon Kenna tried to deliver the information regarding the Wyrd sisters, the Grimoire, and her Druid cousins with as much gentility as possible.

“Do you mean to tell us, that you’ve been hiding this evil book within these holy walls all this time?” Mother Superior demanded, her jowls shaking with obvious temper. “We knew you had tendencies toward witchcraft—that you might have been beset by a demon or two—but I was willing to help you find your way back to the Lord.”

“You don’t understand,” Kenna argued. “These women will bring the wrath of evil here. They are possessed of powers you cannot comprehend, and they won’t hesitate to hurt or kill each and every one of you.”

“On your soul be it,” the elderly nun hissed. “This is hallowed ground. The devil has no hold here and we are not a violent people. Besides, we are commanded to turn the other cheek.”

“Not violent people?” Niall snarled at the old nun, causing her to jump before her features darkened with outrage. “Are you also commanded to whip defenseless women? Is that how your God teaches his wives and servants, through pain and humiliation?”

“That witch cursed young Brigit here, and Mary-Katherine with bodily injury,” the bitter nun spat. “She’s the devil in her heart, and likely her bed.”

“That’s not true.” Kenna fought to keep her voice even. “I didn’t curse them, I warned them. I told Brigit that if she didn’t tuck her hem higher, she’d fall down the stairs, and so she did. And if I hadn’t said something to Mary-Katherine about how to save herself from choking, that pit would have killed her.” She turned to Mother Superior, hoping to soften her, though it hadn’t ever worked before. “Sometimes, I can foresee what is to come in the flames. I don’t do it on purpose. I don’t even know when it is going to happen, but can’t you understand that I was trying to help?”

“It says in the book of—”

Kenna squeaked as Niall shoved her behind him and towered over the woman with intimidating promise etched into his brutal features. “I don’t give a dusty fuck about any book but the one we’re trying to protect, and if you so much as look her way with questionable intent, so help me, I’ll—”

To Kenna’s utter surprise, Ingmar, Niall’s tall and rather squirrelly-looking general stepped in-between his glaring leader and the battle-axe in charge of Westmire. “Look, woman, this isn’t a man you’d like to see when he gets angry.

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