Beast of Caledonia (22 page)
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Authors: Kate Poole
He roared and, throwing her off, spun around, his eyes wide
with shock. In that instance, she knew what she had done. Annachie still had
nightmares, though not as many, of his abuse at the hands of Septimius. He had
told her how Septimius would come at him from behind and clasp him around his
waist.
For one terrible moment, Sara had forgotten.
Her hands flew to her face. “Oh, Annachie, I am sorry. I did
not think, I did not mean to…I am so sorry.”
His expression changed to one of pure fiendishness. He began
to stalk toward her. “Oh, you will be sorry. I promise you that.”
When he laughed, she laughed too with relief. She took off
running, with Annachie close on her heels. With his long legs, it did not take
him long to catch her. He swung her up into his arms and spun her in a circle
until she was dizzy. “Stop, stop.” She begged and laughed at the same time.
She heard a high-pitched giggle and looked down to see Drust
hugging his father’s leg. “Me, me,” he said, “my turn.”
Annachie set her down and lifted Drust, swinging him around
in circles as he had done with her. By the time he set his son down, Annachie
was staggering with dizziness himself. He swatted Drust on his bottom. “Go back
to your grandfathers. You will wear me out, lad.”
Drust giggled again and ran back to Nechtan and Quintus.
Annachie looked down at Sara. “What a joy he is.” He kissed her tenderly.
“Thank you,
nighean
.”
Sara slipped her arm around Annachie’s waist. “You’re
welcome.” Annachie picked up the water buckets as they began to walk back to
the house. Sara took a deep breath and said, “I was wondering…”
“Hmmm?”
“Would you like another?”
The look of love, of joy, on Annachie’s face was answer
enough.
About the Author
Kate Poole always thought she knew what she wanted to be
when she grew up—a nurse. She did that for a long time. Then she got interested
in the law, so she became a nurse-paralegal for a law firm in Baltimore City.
She has been doing that for a long time, too.
About eleven years ago, Kate found out she could put words,
sentences, paragraphs and pages together to tell a story, and now it’s on to career
#3. It took her much longer to complete a novel than it did to get her college
degrees!
Kate lives in Maryland with two of the sweetest cats that
ever wore fur. And she wants her ashes scattered on the Isle of Skye…with a
kilted piper in attendance, of course.
Kate welcomes comments from readers. You can find her
website and email address on her
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