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Chapter Thirteen
Castle Mackenzie, Scotland
October 2010
"Are they always like this?" Brigid leaned toward hinore the subtle, smoky scent she exuded They had been in Scotland for three weeks and were listening to yet another shouting match between Cathy and Tavish refereed by a very unconcerned Max
Carwyn cleared his throat "The Mackenzie clan do not believe in holding their tongue About anything"
"It’s probably one of the reasons Cathy and Max spend so h," Anne said fro a sweater while Madoc lay at her feet "Tavish is such a hermit"
She frowned at him "Are you sure this is the best place for me to hide out and learn how not to kill people?"
Anne barked out a laugh "Brigid, I couldn’t think of a better place if I iined it"
"What does that mean?"
Brigid looked up at Carwyn, but he only shrugged and tried to think about so was to his as they sat on the couch "Don’t ask me"
Which didn’tabout If there was anyone who needed to say as on her id As acerbic as her wit could be, when it cas, she was as defensive as ever And with her immortal powers and the protection of amnis, her id, why do you think Tavish and Cathy fight? Does it id said Her eyes flicked toward Carwyn before she looked back at Anne "We’re not doing that here, Anne"
"Why not?"
Brigid’s eyes flickered to his once ed some sort of wordless conversation with the other woed and muttered, "Fine It’ll all corowl that rowl, every peek of fang, every glare froe
He’d tried, danized sohad passed, once they had established aback, stronger than ever She was im energy Her penetrating stare Her sharp wit The rugged heart of her, so strong despite all she had been through
And layered beneath all of that, a vulnerability that she’d shown to precious few So few that he counted his of pure,far id and Anne had slipped into Irish, which they often did when they were speaking of things the young va with things that--"
"I’ht now"
"Why not? No one hides their feelings in this hoid It’s one of the reasons I wanted to come here The courtesy you were raised with has ht to be careful with your words and ue, but in this case, while we are here--"