“But Archie…”
She shook her head. “Was never capable.”
It took an instant for him to understand and digest this news. When he finally accepted it, he nodded in wonder.
“The babe is ours,” she assured him.
Awestruck, he gazed at her rounded abdomen. “Ours,” he echoed.
She lifted her face, and he rewarded her with kisses. Grateful kisses that began innocently enough, but became more and more fervent and passion-filled. Desire rose in her again, demanding satisfaction.
Once more, they journeyed skyward, sailing above the clouds to steal a glimpse of Valhalla, and then returned to earth, careful to dodge the lethal edge of the claymore sharing the bed with them.
The candles burned low as Colban’s breathing slowed and grew deeper. Hallie, lulled by the sound, closed her eyes and snuggled into the crook of his arm.
“So much has happened in the last year,” she marveled.
“Mm,” he agreed. “Scotland has crowned a new king.”
“My cousin has wed a Highland laird and has a castle of her own.”
“Morgan’s gained a dotin’ mother for his son.”
“You’ve become a master of the longsword,” she said, “and Grand Champion of the first Creagor tournament.”
She could see her praise pleased him. But he replied, “And what about ye? Ye’ve been wed and widowed and wed again.”
“Ours was a beautiful wedding,” she mused.
“Especially the butterflies.”
Naturally that would be what Colban liked most. Unbeknownst to their parents, Ian had rolled his model trebuchet atop the wall walk and loaded it with pieces of colorful parchment. After they’d recited their vows on the steps of the chapel, he’d fired it over the crowd, where it released dozens of parchment butterflies that twirled and fluttered down above their heads.
Hallie sighed. “I wish Feiyan could have been there.”
“Where do ye suppose she’s gone?”
Hallie shook her head. “No one’s seen her since the tournament, since she slipped away after that warrior.”
“I can’t believe she went off alone.”
“No one could have followed her. She has a habit of…vanishing.”
“I hope she’s all right. That savage wasn’t right in the head.”
“She’ll be fine,” Hallie assured him, though she couldn’t be certain about that. Feiyan was clever, sly, and elusive. But she was on her own, facing a foe twice her size and as full of murderous rage as a bull.
“Well,” Colban said, “I suppose she is a warrior daughter of Rivenloch.”
At that moment, the babe inside her kicked, and Hallie gasped. She seized Colban’s hand and placed it over her belly.
Colban grinned. “It seems we may have our own warrior daughter.”
Hallie smiled back. She wouldn’t know for several weeks whether the babe was a lad or a lass. But one thing she knew for certain. As she gazed at the man who had once been her Highland hostage, the man who was now her beloved husband, watching his soft brown eyes twinkle with fatherly pride, the Rivenloch rallying cry had never seemed so true or so fitting.
Amor vincit omnia.
Love conquers all.
Coming soon...
BRIDE OF MIST
The Warrior Daughters of Rivenloch
Book 3
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