Leila's Legacy by Madeline Martin

Author:Madeline Martin
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Madeline Martin

Niall’s heart pounded with anticipation at seeing Leila once more. He had seen little of her after she was tasked with tending to Lady Davina. She was even ordered to sleep in the young lady’s room on a pallet at the foot of her bed, like a servant. Leila had not complained at the insult. Instead, she had lost herself in her efforts to save Lady Davina.

Nearly a sennight had gone by when the announcement was made through the castle that Lady Davina was declared well, and Niall was summoned to return Leila to her chamber. He rapped on Lady Davina’s chamber door where Brodie stood guard and waited with an impatience unlike any other he had felt before.

Leila stepped into the hall, more beautiful than he had ever seen her. A rosiness of health and happiness touched her cheeks and lightness sparkled in her blue eyes. Even her hair appeared as glossy as silk and left him with a yearning to reach out and skim his fingers over the cool smoothness. It went against everything in Niall to present himself as a soldier before this woman he had not stopped thinking about for the entire time she’d been busy aiding Lady Davina.

“I am to escort ye to yer chamber,” he said with as much authority as he could summon. Even still, his command came out soft enough to bring a knowing smile to her lips.

Their eyes met and held with the same burning need. “This way,” he said gruffly.

She followed him like a biddable captive. He kept his steps paced slow, though his need to be alone with her felt as necessary as his need for air.

The walk to her chamber was interminable, as was the climb up the stairs. He hated having to lead her back to her chamber, to lock her up like a prisoner when she deserved to be set free.

Father Gerard would surely arrive soon. Mayhap when he learned what she had done, he would see Leila was no witch and proclaim her innocent. Niall grasped Leila’s hand as he led her up the last few stairs. Her fingers were warm for once, not icy with the cold.

The connection between them was instant, like tinder set to kindling. He opened the door to her chamber and immediately spun around to face her. They fell into one another’s arms, mouths slanting over one another’s, tongues tangling in lust. Niall edged her back against the wall and pressed his body to hers. She moaned into his mouth and arched into him, encouraging his arousal.

“I havena been able to stop thinking of ye,” he said between kisses. “Ye’re in my mind, my dreams. I’ve been waiting for this moment the entire week.” He ran his mouth down her neck, breathing in her clean, herbal scent.

“I’ve missed you, Niall.” Her words made the column of her throat vibrate beneath his lips. “I cannot stop myself from wanting you, though I know I should not allow myself.”

He cupped her breast in his palm and brushed the pad of his thumb over the hardened nipple there.

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