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Authors: Mary Wine
“Or I might just have found a woman who is nae afraid of me.”
Which was what he truly craved. Now that he was Laird, there were offers of brides, but he didn't have the stomach for a shivering woman in his bed. His father's bride had been one of those, a daughter offered up by her father, and white as a ghost on the day of her wedding. His father had turned to Saer's mother for passion when the years went by and his noble wife never warmed toward him.
Saer wanted nothing to do with a marriage like that.
Nareen trembled, but she also spat at him. What he really wanted to know was would she reach for him once she surrendered to passion?
It was a gamble, one that carried a large risk. Saer wasn't blind to the facts. But he also couldn't ignore the way Nareen blushed for him. Her cheeks had been hot, even in the cold night air, just as they'd been when he'd encountered her at court.
Every moment they'd shared was branded into his memory. If he was given to superstition, he'd suspect her of casting spells. Court ladies had reputations for bewitching men with their wiles.
He grinned, the burn of a challenge warming him. If Nareen had enchanted him, he was going to make sure she suffered the same fate.
“Where are ye going, Laird?” Baruch inquired.
“To introduce meself to the Earl of Ross,” Saer answered without looking over his shoulder. “It would be terribly rude of me to cross his land and nae clasp his hand. Such an action might start rumors about me lack of social graces.”
“Well now, we wouldn't be wanting that,” Baruch agreed as he followed his laird toward the castle. “But ye know, ye do nae have to spend the night inside the fortress. The summer night is fine.”
“Aye.” Saer continued toward the gate.
Baruch snorted behind him and abandoned further argument. “She's under yer skin,” he groused instead.
“Perhaps.” Saer ignored the temptation to wait until morning to enter the castle. There was one thing he disliked more than being surrounded by stone walls, and that was ignoring a challenge. “Since I plan to claim her, it matters not.”
“Aye,” Baruch answered.
Whether or not Nareen was teasing him was not the reason he moved closer to her refuge. He wanted to know why she invaded his dreams. He'd stand in her path until she faced him. The answer would be revealed only when she stopped running.
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