Swept by the Highlander by Rebecca Preston

Author:Rebecca Preston
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Time travel
Published: 2020-02-24T16:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 32

It was full dark by the time she and Brendan finished putting away the horses. She’d given Silver a thorough brush and a half pail of oats, a quiet thanks for putting up with her incredibly novice riding skills. The mare seemed content enough, and whuffled pleasantly at her hand when she stroked her nose goodnight. Brendan was waiting for her in the doorway to the stable, and he offered her his hand as she emerged.

“Would you care to accompany me to dinner?”

“I’d like that,” she said, smiling. It had been a long and very pleasant day with him — some parts of it especially pleasant, she thought, thinking of their session behind the tree with a warm tingle running through her body. She wasn’t quite ready to say goodbye to him yet. It would be good to spend some time together — and besides, her stomach was growling furiously. She realized they’d missed lunch, they’d been so keen to get out on the road, and when she pointed this out to Brendan, he grinned a little shyly.

“If I’m honest, I was so thrilled you were willing to spend the afternoon with me, I clean forgot about eating. Joke’s on me now,” he added, wrinkling his nose as his stomach growled audibly.

“We’ll just have to make up for it with dinner,” she said, grinning enthusiastically at the prospect of gorging herself on Blair’s delicious cooking.

Something had changed between her and Brendan — she was vaguely aware of it as they walked across the courtyard together, headed for the dining hall, where she could already smell dinner cooking, fragrant on the early evening hair. There was an energy between them, a spark that had maybe been there before, but not quite so strongly. Not confirmed, the way it had been when he’d closed the distance between them and kissed her. This was something new — this was more than just a crush she wasn’t sure was requited or not. This was … her stomach twisted uneasily. This had the potential to be disastrous.

Still, she wasn’t so worried about it — and about what Una was going to think about it, for that matter — that she was going to turn down a meal with a handsome man. It felt like a date now, and she couldn’t help but feel exasperated for herself when she detected the tell-tale flutter of nerves. He likes you, idiot. He already proved that. Stop being such a coward.

Still, food was enough to distract her thoroughly. It was fish tonight, little fish pies served with vegetables and fresh bread rolls, and she took as many as would fit on her plate, grinning as she noticed Brendan doing the same. They sat together on the far side of the hall, but for the first few minutes of the meal, there wasn’t much talking. Both of them were too busy catching up on lunch — for Elena, at least, it felt like she was trying to fill in a black hole at the center of her body.

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