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.“Almost done.They’ll be a bit firm when they’re ready,” he explained.Elyn nodded.Watching this rugged Scot cook for her set a fire burning inside her.She looked at the side of his face and admired the stubble that was growing in.If she wasn’t trying to maintain her anger at him, she knew she would have already commented on his looks.She daydreamed for a brief moment of reaching out and touching his cheek, of her fingers grazing that rugged beginning of a beard.He glanced at her, and she looked away, back at the fish.She swore she saw a smile tease his lips before it faded again, but it was probably just the delusions of a woman in over her head.Not that it was very hard to be over her head.He was the son of Angus MacKenzie, and soon, the Laird of Eilean Donan Castle.There was something inspiring about that thought.She touched her necklace absentmindedly, thinking of what it could feel like to be someone important.“Here,” Gavin said, pulling her from her reverie.“You should eat first.” He extended the spear, a sizzling fish attached to it.She took the spear without a word and brought the fish to her lips, taking a shameless bite.Gavin seemed to be expectant, and she rolled it around in her mouth and tried to decide if she liked it.She swallowed hard and furrowed her brow.“That’s what fish tastes like?”“Aye, do you not like it?”“I donae see what the fuss is about.” She took another bite, keeping her sublime pleasure to herself.Fish was heavenly and unlike anything she’d ever tasted.She couldn’t give him the satisfaction of that.He sighed as she continued chewing, slowly and deliberately, pretending that she was putting up with it.After a moment, she handed the spear back to him so he could start eating his fish.“I love fish myself.“ he said, as if that would convince her.She nodded quietly, watching him eat like a savage animal.Her eyes went wide as she watched his teeth and lips gash and gnaw at the catch, his tongue circling the bones like they weren’t even there.As he was preoccupied with his meal, she cleared her throat and narrowed her eyes.“I donae understand why ye couldn’t just marry the lass.”“Marry her? Katrine?”“Aye.I donae get any say in the matter, no man would dare catch me with my arm wrapped in his, let alone married and rearing his children.”He shook his head and swallowed another large bite of fish.“I donae see that at all, you’re a lovely lass.” As the words left his mouth, Elyn raised her brow at him.“Really?”“Aye,” he nodded, turning away for a moment, keeping the fish just out of reach.Elyn eyed the fish and thought of snatching the spear back from him when he was unguarded.A good game perhaps, to keep him on his toes.“You’re just sayin’ that,” she replied.“I’m just the only lass out in the highlands.”“Nay, I mean it.” He pointed the spear at her, which took her aback for a second.She feigned fear that he was going to jab her, before realizing he simply meant to hand her the meal.Her face burned with red as she sheepishly took it, holding it up and stealing another bite of her fish.As she sank her teeth into it, she noticed his was completely devoured already.As she pulled away, she rolled a piece of gristle around in her mouth, pushing it with her tongue.She fished her finger in and pulled it out, tossing it on the fire and watching it vanish.Gavin laughed at the spectacle, slapping his knee and rocking in his cross-legged seat.Elyn frowned at his clear enjoyment of her distaste.She stood up and threw another log on the fire, coaxing it to feast as they were.It was going to be a long night, and a cold one too.Gavin had said they couldn’t keep a fire going at night, since it was pretty much asking for trouble from any roving MacDonald clansmen that might be searching for the missing Laird of Eilean Donan Castle.As she leaned back onto her buttocks, she glanced at him and saw him staring intently into the flickering and crackling flame.“That’ll probably be the last log for the day, can’t risk it being too strong tonight.”“What about the chill?”“I used Elspet to stay warm yesterday, I’m sure Rhys will do you the same honor,” Gavin said, looking over at the horses as he said it.Elyn was disappointed with the answer, expecting something a bit more forward and aggressive from the man she had heard so many stories about, so much gossip in the town about.She supposed he had bigger things on his mind, but perhaps he wasn’t the man she heard of, or the man she thought of when she saw when she caught him tracing his eyes on her body.She sighed a little, trying to not let it get to her.He cocked his head and moved his hand to her shoulder.He gave her a gentle squeeze as he left his hand there.She felt a unnerving tingle run through her core, lifting her up and making her tremble with excitement.“What’s wrong?”As the words left his mouth, she remembered her sister.She shouldn’t be daydreaming of this man’s arms wrapped around her, she should be focused on getting her family help [ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]