LachLan by D & B & Reynolds

Author:D & B & Reynolds
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: ImaJinn Books
Published: 2019-04-11T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Nine

Edinburgh, Scotland, UK

LACHLAN WOULD have known they were in Scotland even if he’d been locked in the darkness, blindfolded, with headphones muffling his ears. His soul sang the minute the jet touched down, the land of his birth—both human and vampire—welcoming him home. For the first time since he left for London, he was utterly at ease. He knew this place, drew strength from every mountain and field, every drop of water tumbling down to fill the lochs. No one could defeat him when he was home. Not even Erskine Ross. The evil bastard might be Highlands-born, just like Lachlan, but something had twisted inside him. He’d replaced loyalty to the lands of his birth with a mendacious hunger for the trappings of wealth, so much that he’d sacrificed the well-being of his own people to enhance his coffers. But more important, in Lachlan’s estimation, was the complete lack of honor, the kind Lachlan had been lectured on daily, even before he truly understood what it meant. An honor that had its roots deep in the Scottish Highlands and the clans that grew there. Erskine couldn’t possibly hold that kind of allegiance to the lands that had birthed them both. If he’d had, he’d never could have forsaken honor so cravenly that he’d used humans to attack and kill the McRae vampires while they slept, helpless to defend themselves.

He drew in a deep breath and reached out, spreading his considerable telepathic awareness to ensure there were no enemies waiting to ambush their arrival, no unwanted spies lurking about to report. He didn’t care so much for himself—he had more right to be in Edinburgh than most—but he didn’t want Erskine’s filthy eyes on Julia. The Scottish lord would know everything about her soon enough. That couldn’t be helped. But there was no need to help him figure out why she was with Lachlan and where they’d been in the meantime.

“Do you have a hidey-hole here in Edinburgh, or should I call a hotel?” Julia asked as she sat next to him, her long legs making a silky sound as she crossed one over the other beneath the tight skirt she’d donned for their arrival. It seemed a questionable choice to him. Edinburgh was cold this time of year. But he couldn’t fault the view. Or what the smooth slide of her skin did to his cock. Her fingers tightened on his, as if to demand he answer her question.

He turned with a jaundiced look, one eyebrow raised in cynical response. “Hidey-hole?” he repeated. “Does that mean you think I have some dank basement with a moldy mattress waiting for me?”

She tsked loudly, pale eyes rolling behind thick lashes that he knew she’d darkened with some kind of makeup. “Of course, not. Let me rephrase . . . Lord Lachlan, do you have an estate nearby, where we might rest from our journey, or should I, your faithful lover, secure accommodations suitable to your august self?”

“I lost you at ‘Lord Lachlan.

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