And yet, dear God, what the blazes was she thinking about? She had a position to maintain as the new queen of the McGurkies. And as such she couldn'thave it on everyone's lips in both glens tomorrow, how she chased the Black Wolf of Lochalpin down the glen, dragging the son she'd seduced him to get. Particularly not when he had made it blindingly obvious to everyone present he didn't want her. What if he truly found who she was too hard to take? Her too hard to take? Like everybody else did and always had?Except maybe Lachlan. But that? That was drink fuelled, sweet youth. Passion with no thought of tomorrow. Sneaked love notes, tokens. Herself belonging as she never had. With a bunch of serfs. Exciting. Different. And look at the trouble that had landed her in.
"Kara?"
How was it that Meg's damned eyes always seemed to witness everything? And now there she stood, witnessing this.
"Is there something wrong?"
"No. Honestly. Arland and Iare just …"