Tempted by a Highland Moon by Gwyn Brodie

Author:Gwyn Brodie
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Highlanders, Alpha Males, Scottish Historical Romance, Medieval, Ancient World, Scotland
Publisher: Gwyn Brodie
Published: 2016-08-31T16:00:00+00:00

WHEN THE GUARDS DRAGGED Duncan into the dungeon, a rat, the size of a cat, scurried down the corridor. The stench of urine and unwashed bodies hung heavy in the air. He wondered how many others were being held prisoner in the rat infested hell-hole, even though the cells they'd passed had been empty.

They entered a vacant cell, and the guards dropped him onto the dirt floor, then bolted the door from the outside.

"Enjoy ye stay, MacDonell." Their laughter echoed against the stone walls and timber ceilings as they left the dungeon.

Duncan's ribs ached, as he crawled up from the floor and moved to the window. He grasped the iron bars, one at a time, and twisted with all his strength, hoping to find a weakness in the stone surrounding them, but they were built solid. He raked his fingers through his hair. He had to get out and find Kila. No telling what that bastard, Monro, might do to her in his present state of mind.

It would more than likely be morn before a guard checked on him again, which gave him some time to devise a plan of escape. He sat down with his back pressed against the door, where he would be sure to hear the guard's approach, and folded his arms across his knees. Two massive rats shoved their way between the bars, and dropped to the floor. Sniffing the air, they moved toward him. It was the blood they smelled—his blood. Cursing, he quickly got to his feet.

Duncan had seen ten summers when his uncle Angus disappeared, and two summers more before he saw him again. His uncle's once handsome face was badly scarred, to the point he was nigh on unrecognizable by his own kin. While in England, he had been falsely accused of stealing, beaten unconscious and thrown into an English prison. It'd not taken long for the rats to find him, and since he'd been unable to fight them off, they'd feasted on him.

Duncan clenched his teeth; he'd be damned if that was going to happen to him. He waved his arms and shouted, sending the blood-thirsty creatures scurrying to the opposite side of the cell. A third rat came through the window, then a fourth. He had to stay awake, or else they'd be all over him.

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