Playboy's Challenge by Jo Barrett

Author:Jo Barrett [Barrett, Jo]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Romance, (¯`'•.¸//(*_*)\\¸.•'´¯), Scotland, Highlander, sensual, time travel
Publisher: The Wild Rose Press
Published: 2013-04-29T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter Seven

“What the hell did you give him?” Tuck said, swiping Adam’s forehead with a damp rag.

Adam groaned as he clutched the basin to his side, his color poor. Deidra was beginning to feel a wee bit guilty.

“And don’t you dare play innocent, Dee. It just won’t float,” her mother said.

“I’ve no’ done anything to him.” Her mother shot her a look. “Well, nothing he didna’ deserve.”

“’Tis vengeance for his tricks when we were babes, I’ll wager,” Erin said.

“Oh, for the love of—you three are going to put me in an early grave,” her mother grumbled. “Your father is chomping at the bit to get on the road this morning. What was it, Dee?”

“I will tend him,” she said. “You and Da need no’ stay.”

Adam lifted his weary lids. “I’d rather Aunt Tuck handle this for now, if you don’t mind.”

“Aye,” Erin said. “She might kill him with her kindness,” he added with a derisive chuckle.

Deidra elbowed her brother in the stomach to shut him up. He wasn’t helping. She felt bad enough as it was. Aye, the rogue deserved it, but she had to admit she could’ve found another way to punish him.

“Deidra,” Tuck snapped. “Now.”

She grimaced, knowing her mother was going to explode when she knew, but tilted up her chin, prepared for her wrath. “Nightshade.”

Her mother’s face paled, as Erin spouted a stream of curses. “What were you tryin’ to do? Kill the mon!”

“No! I only gave him enough to make him sick to his stomach. I promise you, Mum, I only meant—”

“I know what you meant, and I’m ashamed of you. You know this household’s history with poisons. He could have a low tolerance for the stuff, or worse an allergic reaction!”

Deidra pressed a staying hand to her whirling stomach. Good Lord, she’d not considered such things. If she’d done him irreparable harm, or if he died…

Hot tears gathered at the corners of her eyes.

“Until he’s made it for a good twenty-four hours, we won’t know how bad it is,” Tuck said. “All we can do is keep him comfortable and full of fluids so he doesn’t dehydrate.” She looked up at Deidra, her face grim. “Your father isn’t going to like this one bit, young lady.”

“No, Mum,” she said, her voice nearly a whisper, her throat tight with burgeoning tears.

“Bloody crazy wench.” Erin snarled as he stormed from the room.

“Now, you take over here, while I go inform your father we’re not leaving.”

“Oh, no, Mum. You have to go, Da will be—”

“Furious. You should’ve thought of that before.”

Her mother marched from the room, her skirts swirling around her. Never had she ever made her mother this angry before, nor had Deidra ever been so ashamed.

“Don’t worry. I’m not going to die,” Adam said, grinning up at her. “Although I do feel pretty lousy.”

She gingerly sat on the edge of the bed and stared at the wall above his head, unable to face him as she held back her tears. “I am sorry, Adam. I shouldna’ have done it.

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