Kara needed a break from being escorted everywhere she went. She wanted somewhere quiet to think. The events of the last few weeks were a swirl in her mind and her emotions were ricocheting like a bullet in a steel room. After telling Consuelo her destination, she walked to the barn to get her ho...
She claimed to be straightening up. It looked to him like she tried to avoid talking with him by staying in constant motion. “I dinna understand why you willna speak of the months after your betrothal with Brice was broken.” “You left,” she accused. “You were nae there, so you’ve nae need to unde...
She was too softhearted. Why had he never seen this side of her? Or had he? He recalled the past weeks. She had treated Rebecca with gentle firmness. Her concern for her son was boundless. Even in the worst of circumstances, she showed constant smiles to his men. And she had cared for him with te...
The thought of warm, dry garments and hearty food should have comforted Juliana. However, since Robert’s tongue-lashing the previous night, she’d been unable to find that serene positive outlook that helped her endure pains great and small. “I had the same thought.” He nod...
Several others, the dainty white palfrey included, occupied the stalls, but those steeds belonged to the MacKai knights and his betrothed. He’d given up his own destrier years ago—the animal had been too expensive to care for and fetched a price high enough to keep the other Dungarob horses in fe...
The best method was to keep it away from water. Were there passages that did not flood? Perhaps hidden by rock falls or with entrances as difficult for humans to access as it might be for the sea? In pursuit of such places, she wandered farther than she intended. But, truly, she could find the ma...