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Mary knelt down on the floor and bowed her head in her evening prayer. Her hand slipped to the small wooden cross hanging from a bit of leather around her neck, and her thumb rubbed a familiar path over the now smooth surface.For several long minutes, she whispered the words she’d recited since she was a child, and then she ended it as she always did. Please, God. Don’t let them find me.She pushed herself from the floor, her knees scraping the uneven stones. The plain, brown garb she wore signaled her place along the other novices. Though she’d been here far longer than the others, she’d never taken the vows that would complete her spiritual journey. It was never her intention.She went to the basin in the corner and poured from the pitcher of water. She smiled as she dampened her cloth, and Mother Serenity’s words came floating to mind. Cleanliness is next to Godliness.She wiped her face and started to remove her gown to extend her wash when she heard a terrible crash. Startled, s
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Mary stroked his hair as his warm breath blew over her breast. He sounded so much older than his tender years. And so proud.“I escaped and hid in the cart of a traveling merchant. I rode for a day before he discovered me.” He tilted his head up, bumping her sore jaw again. “Where are we, Mary?” he whispered. “Are we very far from home?”“I’m not sure where your home is,” she said ruefully. “But we are in the lowlands, and I would wager we’re at least a two days’ ride from your keep.”“The lowlands,” he spat. “Are you a lowlander?”She smiled at his vehemence. “Nay, Crispen. I’m a highlander.”“Then what are you doing here?” he persisted. “Did they steal you from your home?”She sighed. “ ’Tis a long story. One that began before you were born.”When he tensed for another question, she hushed him with a gentle squeeze. “Go to sleep now, Crispen. We must keep our strength up if we are to escape.”“We’re going to escape?” he whispered.“Aye, of course. That’s what prisoners do,” she said
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“There’s my bride now,” Duncan said, as he turned from his conversation with the priest.His smile didn’t reach his eyes, and he studied her intently, almost as if he were warning her of the consequences if she refused.God, help me.The priest cleared his throat and focused his attention on Mary. “Are you willing?”Silence fell as all awaited her response. Then slowly, she shook her head. The priest swung his gaze to Duncan, a look of accusation in his eyes.“What is this, Laird? You told me you both wished this marriage.”The look on Duncan’s face had the priest backtracking. The priest hastily crossed himself and positioned himself a safe distance from Duncan.Then Duncan turned to her, and her blood ran cold. For such a handsome man, he was, in that moment, very ugly.He stepped toward her, grasping her arm above the elbow, squeezing until she feared her bone would snap.“I’ll ask this only once more,” he said in a deceptively soft voice. “Are you willing?”She knew. She knew that
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“I won’t hurt her, lad,” Alan said softly.He knelt down and brushed aside the hair from her face and realized she was unconscious. There was a bruise on one cheek, but otherwise she didn’t look injured.“Where is she hurt?” he asked Crispen.Tears filled Crispen’s eyes, and he wiped hastily at them with the back of his grubby hand.“Her stomach. And her back. It hurts her fierce if anyone touches her.”Carefully, so as not to alarm the boy, Alan pulled at her clothing. When her abdomen and back came into view, he sucked in his breath. Around him, his men alternately cursed and murmured their pity for the slight lass.“God in heaven, what happened to her?” Alan asked.Her entire rib cage was purple, and ugly bruises marred her smooth back. He could swear one of them was in the shape of a man’s boot.“He beat her,” Crispen choked out. “Take us home, Uncle Alan. I want my papa.”Not wanting the boy to lose his composure in front of the other men, Alan nodded and patted him on the arm. T
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It wasn’t until he stared back at her in astonishment that she realized she’d babbled her entire thought process aloud. The entire courtyard had gone silent and looked at her as if she’d pronounced a curse on all of them.“Alan?” she murmured, not turning away from the laird’s gaze.“Aye, lass?”“Will you catch me if I faint? I don’t think a fall to the ground would be good for my injuries.”To her surprise, he grasped both of her shoulders and held her tightly. His hands trembled the slightest amount, and he made the weirdest sound. Was he laughing at her?Edward advanced, his astonishment replaced by that dark scowl again. Did no one in the Woods clan ever smile?“Nay, we don’t,” Alan said in amusement.She snapped her lips shut, determined she wouldn’t say another word, and prepared herself for the laird’s censure.Edward stopped a single foot in front of her, forcing her to crane her neck upward to meet his stare. It was hard to be brave when she was sandwiched between two hulking
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Crispen’s brow creased as he struggled with whether he could divulge such information without breaking his promise.“I won’t ask her name again,” Edward said solemnly.Looking relieved, Crispen pursed his lips and then said, “The men took her from the abbey. She didn’t want to be with them. I saw them bring her into the camp.”“God’s teeth, she’s a nun?” Edward exclaimed.Alan shook his head adamantly. “If that woman is a nun, then I’m a monk.”“Can you marry a nun?” Crispen asked.“Why on earth would you ask a question like that?” Edward demanded.“Duncan Cameron wanted to marry her. If she’s a nun, he can’t, can he?”Edward straightened and shot Alan a fierce look. Then he turned to Crispen, trying to keep his reaction calm so that he didn’t frighten his son.“The men you tried to steal the horse from. Were they Cameron soldiers? Were they the ones who took the woman from the abbey?”Crispen nodded solemnly. “They took us to Laird Cameron. He tried to make … her … marry him, but she
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“Then I’ll discuss the matter with your laird and only your laird,” Mary said firmly. She hoped that by injecting enough strength into her voice she’d make the other woman back down. Gertie still rolled her eyes and resumed tending her fire.“Can you take me to him?” Mary asked Christina as she rose from the stool. “I really must speak to him right away.”“Of course, Lady,” Christina said in her sweet voice. “I was instructed to take you to him the moment you finished eating.”The food Mary had just consumed swirled in her gut like sour ale.“Are you nervous?” Christina asked as they descended the steps from the keep. “You have no reason to be. The laird seems gruff, and he can be stern when crossed, but he’s fair and very evenhanded with our clan.”The part that Christina left out was that Mary wasn’t part of the Woods clan, which meant that any policies about fair and evenhanded didn’t apply. But she had saved Crispen, and it was obvious that the laird loved his son. She held on to
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“Indeed you did,” she murmured.“So are you staying?”The hopeful expression on his face made her heart melt. She wrapped her arm around him and squeezed tight. “I can’t stay, Crispen. You must know that. There are men besides Duncan Cameron who would abduct me if they knew who I was.”Crispen’s face crinkled until his nose twitched. “Why?”“ ’Tis complicated,” she murmured. “I wish it were different, but Mother Serenity always told me we have to make the best with what we have.”“When will you leave and where will you go? Will I see you again?”Here she had to tread lightly. She couldn’t have Crispen running to his father with news of her departure. Now that she’d made the decision to leave on her own, she didn’t want the laird interfering with his demand to trust him. She nearly snorted at that notion. He might be able to command his clan to trust him, and she was sure it did, but a woman in her position couldn’t afford to trust anyone.“I don’t know yet. Departures takes planning.”
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