Runaway Vampire (28 page)

“Then she'll have to ride with me, will she no'?” he asked dryly.

“Aye, but what if her travels lead her away from us. She can hardly follow her own plans with no beast to ride.”

“
'Tis a cow, Conran,” he pointed out with disgust. “No sane minded person would ride a cow anyway.” Sighing impatiently, he shook his head. “I shall supply her with a horse. We've two spare with us right now anyway.”

“Two fine beasts worth a pretty coin or two,” Conran pointed out sharply. “Ye can no' be thinking—”

“I'm thinkin' I'm tired o' listening to ye bend me ear and am eager to be off,” Dougall snapped. “Do what ye like with the cow, but we are continuing on now.”

He put his heels to his mount, sending it into a gallop that had Lady Danvries bouncing around in his lap like a sack of wheat. Muttering under his breath, Dougall slowed the beast and rearranged her before setting out again. But he found himself glancing down repeatedly at the woman in his arms, wondering what she would have done had he agreed to the trade with her brother. Had she been offered and used thusly before? That thought hadn't occurred to him ere this and now that it had, it angered him for some reason. He grimly turned his attention to the path ahead and urged his mount to move faster. But he also tightened his hold on the woman to ensure she wasn't bounced out of his lap in the process.

LYNSAY SANDS
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This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents are products of the author's imagination or are used fictitiously and are not to be construed as real. Any resemblance to actual events, locales, organizations, or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.

Excerpt from
Falling for the Highlander
copyright © 2017 by Lynsay Sands.

RUNAWAY VAMPIRE.
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