The Highlander's Excellent Adventure by Shana Galen

Author:Shana Galen
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: sexy regency romance, sexy highlander, highlander romance, scottish romance, sexy hero, scotland
Publisher: Shana Galen
Published: 2020-09-07T16:00:00+00:00

Thirteen

EMMELINE

“We’ll just be a few minutes,” Emmeline called over her shoulder as she and Ines moved into a wooded area to attend to their needs. When she was finished, Emmeline found a small brook and knelt beside it, plunging her hands into the cold water. She braced herself for the sting before splashing icy water on her face. Ines crouched beside her and did the same.

“Why is Scotland so cold?” she asked. “It is summer, não?”

Emmeline smiled. “I remember when I was a little girl visiting my grandmother in Cumbria. It was cold there too until July or August. In a few days you will be used to it.”

Ines wrapped a blanket one of the farmers had given her around her shoulders. “Duncan does not mind the cold. He does not even wear an overcoat.”

Emmeline sipped water from her numb hands then stood and tucked them into her skirts to warm them. “That is because we cut his overcoat off him.”

Emmeline was beginning to think she would need to do the same with her dress as it was ruined beyond repair. It had once been white, but now it was dingy with dirt and green with stains from grass. A few spots were soiled where muddy paw prints had landed. As if summoned by her thoughts, Loftus raced by her and plunged into the brook. Emmeline winced at the splash of water, then could not hold back a laugh. The dog looked to be enjoying the swim immensely. But Emmeline could only imagine that she would soon smell like wet dog, among the other unpleasant smells she had accumulated these last days of travel.

“I must have a bath soon,” Ines said, rubbing her arms to warm herself.

“I was thinking the same thing. I want a meal as well.”

“Oh, sim! A warm meal and a warm bath and a bed. We will have all of that when we arrive at the home of Duncan.”

Emmeline hoped that would not take long. She had been doing her best to avoid speaking with Stratford the past few days, but it was not easy when they were constantly together. And she was constantly reminded of what a fool she’d made of herself—suggesting marriage. She was such an idiot! She’d thrown herself at the first man who found her attractive and stirred her desire.

But, of course, that wasn’t true. She’d known Stratford for years. It seemed so natural for their relationship to change as it had. Natural to kiss him. Natural to touch him. Natural to think of marrying him. Which was ridiculous because the whole reason she had run away was to escape all the talk of marriage. But it seemed she’d been running away forever.

“How many more days until we—” she began. “Loftus!” Emmeline frowned as the dog’s ears pricked up and he trotted to the bank of the brook and then away from her. “Loftus!”

“Let him go,” Ines said. “He has probably scented a rabbit. He will come back to us when he tires of the chase.

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