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“Telling her noould send her fleeing in the night”

“If that is orries you, then lock her in her rooms”

Duncan shook his head “Have our trips to the future left no impression on your brain? If you bind women from her century, they will despise you for a lifetime No one wants to feel trapped”

“And you, brother, are daft if you don’t realize Tara is already trapped Both of you are duly trapped”

Still, Duncan wasn’t going to tell her anything about their binding vows Instead, he would woo her like he’d been doing in her ti, and throwing things at the walls He had to stop picturing the i him, even if it was only in her head, before he could implement his plan

Unlike Fin, Duncan was a patientas it took for Tara to see they were ether

Just as he started to relax, a treh hi his brother

“What is it?” Fin jumped around to see what caused Duncan to move so quickly

“Da in the way of an explanation, he ran out of the roo an invitation, Fin followed

The rier she becaain, he had lied to her

God he had made her want him She desired him more than any other usted with the way her skin tingled thinking about being in his arms, Tara tossed a heavy tray at the wall

Duncan had used her What made him so different from the woman he called Grainna? Worse, Duncan had used her es, tossed them at her for his needs Maybe that wasn’t a fair assessment of the situation, but Tara didn’t care

She was hurt and angry She hadn’t even begun to consider what life in his time would mean She did realize she would never see Cassy or her sister and nephew again

She yelled her frustration and noticed the heat of anger building all over again With all that fury, the need to get outside overwhelrabbed her sweater off her bed and storth when she slammed the solid wood door behind her and it bounced off the wall

The hallas clear Not that it mattered

She would likely punch anyone who blocked her path She alet in her way

She found the main hall where she had confronted Duncan and his parent’s only hours before Theover fifteen feet tall had to be the way out of the house

Not that the MacCoinnich’s residence resein’ castle! One she ht appreciate, if she was on tour in Scotland with a bunch of old people enjoying their retirement

But no! She wasn’t on tour That fact was confirmed further when she crossed over the front door threshold

She stepped into a huge courtyard where severalin their daily chores to gawk at the new arrival A few horses were tied to posts, while others had riders on their backs

“Take a picture!” she yelled before stor Sunlight pooled down on her fro very ed on the set of a h to allow six or seven h, side by side on horseback It was obviously the way in and therefore her ticket out

She tossed her hair over a shoulder, sucked in a deep breath, and damn near ran to her freedom

The front doors were left open, and by the look on the men’s faces Duncan knew she had already crossed their paths “Where?” He barked the question to all who stood staring