Taken by a Highland Raider by Susan Bella Ikin

Author:Susan Bella Ikin [Ikin, Susan Bella]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2017-12-13T16:00:00+00:00

It was not long after the burial that I became aware that Lord Le Bruin was already looking for another husband for me. I had been a big disappointment for him. He had fed and clothed me for ten years, and I had failed to provide him with a grandchild. He couldn’t wait to get rid of me. I was horrified when D’arcy brought me the news that Lord Le Bruin was in talks with Lord Lescelles. D’arcy’s father had been widowed several times. His wives tended to die young, probably because he beat them when they displeased him and they were weakened by their injuries and a lack of decent care. I had seen the marks on D’arcy’s back and knew what his father was capable of. What would be even worse than being married to Lord Lescelles, was that D’arcy would be expected to leave the Le Bruin estate and return home as well, and he would have to bear witness to whatever happened to me. So it was that we started to discuss the possibility of running away together and beginning a new life somewhere else. The problem we now had was that we were known at Court, and if we did such a thing, then it would be assumed that we had been having an adulterous relationship while Edmund lay in his sick bed, and maybe even before that, and D’arcy’s life might be forfeit. I was reluctant to take that risk, knowing that both Lord Le Bruin and Lord Lescelles would not appreciate being made fools of. Lord Le Bruin could not care if I lived or died, as long as I did not defy him. It was probably his disregard for my safety that made him lax when deciding who and how many guards I should have when leaving the estate to forage in the forest.

As it turned out, that worked in my favour, as it made it all too easy for a band of marauding Highlanders to kidnap me and take me far beyond Lord Le Bruin’s reach.

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