CHAPTER 110

Caleb opened his eyes to see Cameron standing a short distance away. Hatred was bitter in Caleb’s mouth. That the man was so close and yet Caleb was helpless to do anything but lie there made bile rise in his throat. If he could manage the feat, he’d spit in Cameron’s eye.

“So you have,” Cameron said.

He walked over to where Caleb lay on the ground and kicked at his wounded shoulder. Caleb grimaced but stared up at Cameron, allowing the full breadth of his hatred to show.

“You’d like to kill me, wouldn’t you, Caleb?” Cameron taunted in a low voice. “You hate me more than even your brothers do. ’Twas your foolishness that brought low your clan. My cousin is bonny, is she not? I haven’t seen her in some time. She’s likely spreading her legs for some other poor besotted fool.”

Caleb continued to stare at Cameron until Cameron fidgeted uncomfortably and then booted Caleb in the shoulder again.

“I wonder if given a choice between saving his brother’s life or protecting his lovely wife and