The Scot's Angel by Keira Montclair

Author:Keira Montclair [Montclair, Keira]
Language: eng
Format: azw3, epub
Publisher: Keira Montclair
Published: 2020-11-29T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Ten

Thorn woke up in the middle of the night, his gut churning. They’d be in Edinburgh on the morrow. Was it possible his sire was still alive? And if so, why did he wish to find him?

If he was still alive, he had chosen to desert his son, not an admirable quality in a man. Perhaps he’d put his fist in his father’s face.

He’d tell him how fortunate he and Nari had been to run into Connor Grant and Gregor Ramsay, who had taken much better care of them than their fathers ever had.

Henry got up and relieved himself, then came over and sat on a log not far from Thorn. “So, Taylor. Are you ready to tell me what you’re running from?” He picked up an apple from the ground, rubbed the dirt off onto his shirt, then took a bite. “This one is still good. Didn’t know the ones way up high stayed good for so long.”

“I’m not running from anything.”

“The hell you aren’t. Grant warriors don’t go out on their own. They travel in packs. You’re alone. So what happened?”

“Naught.” He would never tell Henry the truth. He wasn’t the sort who’d feel any sympathy.

Henry shrugged his shoulders and went back to his spot on the ground, leaving Thorn to his brooding. To his guilt. Poor Sela would be in pain for sennights. He had ruined her chance at having a happy Yule.

And yet he regretted his decision to run…bitterly regretted it. Not only because he’d been caught by these men, but because he had run away from the one woman he’d always admired, the one he’d dreamed of marrying, and after her father had given him permission to court her!

But Thorn had injured Connor’s wife and then run, and surely neither mistake would leave a good impression.

He prayed Connor would forgive him, but not as much as he wished for Claray’s forgiveness. Even if he was not allowed to marry her, he still wished for her good impression.

By midday, they made their way into Edinburgh. He hadn’t visited the city in a long time, and there were so many more people than he’d remembered. Where had they all come from?

“We’ll never find him with this many people.”

“If your sire is here, he’ll be at one of the taverns down by the docks. The Taylor I know always worked the wharf, if I remember correctly. So he’ll be working now and in the tavern this eve.”

“Then I’m going to the harbor.”

Ewan glanced around and whistled. “Why are there so many people here, Henry?”

“Getting ready for winter. They’ll not be back until spring. Winter is nigh here and could be there’s a storm coming.”

“How would you know a snowstorm is coming before it arrives?” Ewan asked.

Henry drawled, “I’d know by all the people running for supplies before it starts. They can tell by the tree rings and caterpillars and squirrels. I don’t know how to tell, so I just watch them.”

Thorn was gaining a new appreciation for

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