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“Aye?” Reluctantly she turned

“You are unwell,” he announced, sounding most certain of hiht “As if you imbibed too much drink, and yet I saw you take little wine this eve”

Her hands flew to her face, embarrassed that he circled closer to the truth Mortified he ht think her as illed with libations as her father

“Indeed, perhaps I will feel better after I seek aze from his and hoped he would take pity on her as she tre with every other breath He reached for her, his hand ski her waist “You are unsteady Allow me to—”

The jolt of heat froh tothat flashed through the high arrow slits overhead Her breasts tightened unbearably The effects see worse

Wrenching away, she stu the darkened corridor

“I a off the dark walls “Good night”

Racing away as fast as unsteady feet would take her, she planned to hide in her chah to ensure everyone else was asleep Then she would flee the keep to stand in the cooling rain To run through the downpour until she reached Morag’s cabin to warn her that a new enemy had arrived

Although, in light of Finn’s effect on her, she began to think she was in greater danger from him than anyone else

Deep within the forest outside the village of Caladan, a would-be warrior with no allegiance traveled the edges of his new domain By luck or Fate, he’d arrived in a place where ruhosts and unnatural beasts kept travelers away, providing him with an ideal place to perfect his work He’d traveled throughout the Highlands gathering the herbs he needed to redients He was aleance on the lord of Caladan

Reaching the southernmost boundary of his lands, the man paused in the rain to look beyond The hall of Caladan awaited hih to claim his due No life too important to escape sacrifice where necessary to recover his pride after being born with a grievous defect that kept hiacy

Cold air chilled his skin He sat atop the horse that hts, just seeing the keep was enough to spur him on in his quest Other ti in the shadows for any gli

Violet of Caladan