Taming the Highland Bride by Sands Lynsay

Author:Sands, Lynsay [Sands, Lynsay]
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Romance, Fiction, Historical, General
ISBN: 9780061966330
Publisher: Avon
Published: 2010-01-26T08:00:00+00:00

chapter Eight

M erry woke to the rhythmic rock of the horse, found herself in her husband’s arms, and at first thought it was still the first day of their journey. At least until she glanced up, spotted the bruise and cut on his forehead, and recalled all that had happened. Merry immediately sat up and turned an accusing glare on her husband.

“What are ye doing up?”

“Riding,” Alex answered reasonably enough, but she didn’t miss the twitch of his lips and knew he was amused. That just made her angrier.

“Ye’ve no business being up and about after the trial ye went through yesterday.”

This time he didn’t bother hiding his amusement, but smiled at her in a way that seemed almost affectionate and said, “You are adorable when you act the shrew, Merry Stewart.”

“Merry d’Aumesbery now,” she reminded him, putting a little more snap in her voice. She then warned, “And I am a shrew, and as such, like to make ye miserable do ye no’ explain—”

“I feel fine,” Alex interrupted patiently. “Good as new in fact. It must have been that vile mixture you made me drink, ’tis surely a miracle cure. I slept another hour or two, woke up pain-free, and decided I was fine for traveling today. So here we are, halfway through the day and another half day closer to Donnachaidh.”

Merry was sure he was lying. While she didn’t doubt the tonic she’d given him might have helped him feel a bit better, it would hardly make him feel good as new. She had no doubt his head was probably still pounding at least a bit, and his shoulder was probably tender. He, however, was apparently unwilling to admit it. She didn’t know what to think of that. Merry was used to men who whined and carried on at the least little ache or pain…and then used it as an excuse to drink to excess.

“You were exhausted from watching over me last night,” Alex went on. “So I let you sleep as we broke camp and then brought you onto my mount again so that you could continue to catch up on the sleep you’d missed.”

Merry grimaced. Only complete exhaustion would have allowed her to sleep through it all, but then she supposed she had been pretty exhausted. Her husband had kept her awake most of the night before the journey with the bedding…or beddings. The few hours of light sleep she’d managed to snatch in his lap during the afternoon the day before had hardly made up for it, and then she’d stayed awake to watch over him through last night. Aye, Merry supposed, she shouldn’t be surprised that she’d slept through the men breaking camp and part of the ride today.

Raising her head, she suddenly asked, “Did Gerhard and the men find out who pushed the boulder down on you?”

Alex was silent so long, she thought he might not answer, but then he said, “Nay. He had the men search the area. It was probably just some bandits who saw me alone and thought I would be easy pickings.

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