Highland Rake – Terry Spear

“Aye. But it did no good. Went right through him and all he did was laugh. No’ that he didna jump a little.” Her mouth curved up in an evil smile. Then her smile faded. “Then he grinned. The brigand. After he got over the shock that I could throw something at him.” “You were the one who made the poor serving girl faint dead away,” Connell accused, waving his hand at her.

“Why are you still here?” Alana asked the lady. “It has been years since you…uhm, should have gone away, has it no’?” Looking suddenly very sad, Lady Seana sat down on a bench. “I wished to wed Laird Dunbarton’s nephew. His father and my brother, James, wouldna permit it. We ran off together and…” She gave a dejected little shrug. “We died. Caught a fever.” Alana felt terrible for her. She glanced at Connell to see his reaction.

His brow was deeply furrowed as he watched the lass, his expression bothered as though he felt badly that she had run off with the man she had loved and died without finding the happiness she deserved; whereas, he was caught fooling around with another man’s wife and had wasted his life without thought of finding the right woman to settle down with.

He saw Alana looking at him and crossed his arms again and stood taller as if he was not affected by Seana’s tale, but she knew her brother well enough to recognize he was. “But you were together. In death. Aye?” Alana thought that the two should have been together for all eternity. But what did she know of such matters? “So why have you no’ gone with him?

Why have you returned here to Craigly Castle?” To her family, Alana thought. To be with those who loved her no matter what even if they hadn’t approved. Seana twisted her mouth as if considering what had occurred before she spoke.

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Discover more about Terry Spear at: http://www.terryspear.com/ Dedication Thanks to Vonda Sinclair who talked me into visiting Scotland and shared a fun-filled experience of a lifetime as we set off the alarm at a Wal-Mart equivalent store, drank Irish Cream in Scotland, drove on the wrong side of the road—on occasion—and loved every bit of the dining, bread and breakfasts, and the beautiful castles, friendly people, and fantastic scenery.

Thanks, Vonda, the trip and your friendship mean the world to me! OceanofPDF.com Prologue From the moment Alana Cameron and her clansmen had ridden into the mixed pine and oak forest that fall day, she felt uneasy. The air was cool and wet, gray clouds covering the whole sky as Alana quickly lost sight of her da and the rest of the men racing after the stag somewhere hidden in the dense woods. At nine summers, no matter how hard she tried, she could not keep up with the Highland warriors.

One of the lads stayed with her, eager to be with the men instead of watching her. Landon was five and ten summers like her brother, only Connell had been caught stealing a loaf of bread from the kitchen that morn and their da had punished him by making him stay at the keep. Poor Connell. She knew he had only taken the bread to give to a family living beyond the curtain wall who had not enough food to feed their family. Her da had not been pleased with two of their nearly grown lads who had caused trouble with the MacNeill clan bordering their own lands when her da had not approved it.

But now the sense of foreboding she’d been feeling intensified.

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