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Chapter One

Willia at his skin Not that the coldhi of that bite on his flesh

He wasn’t awater was a reminder that he was alive and well, no reat deal had happened

For starters he’d spent nearly every piece of silver he had to his nahlands What little reled in a pouch at his side He was fortunate that it was already working land, fully staffed and ready to turn a profit, but this investe leap for anyone to take He had no money to pay the house staff, or restock food, and he wouldn’t collect rents for several weeks—if he could collect theround first His skin rippled with anxiousness just thinking about it and he kicked the horse faster

At least he could console hi as best for the people who occupied the land They would continue to have a lord to keep their jobs and homes safe and the demand for their product secure At least that hat he hoped to do

Helping others was the Sinclair way His fa care of those around them, especially those not able to care for themselves

Seeing the sparkle of water ahead, he straightened away fro the shoreline, he juround Then, he kicked off his boots and stripped down his trousers His horse, exceptionally well-trained, wouldn’t move until a rider was back in the saddle The wind nipped at Willia headlong into either freezing water or large purchases of land was not the best s through a bitthe third brother He was always racing to keep up

“I didn’t expect to see the h, clear, feminine voice called behind him

Reaching down, he snatched up the first garers around and pulled it in front of his“I’ll have ye ken that this is a private swim”

“Private?” a lass called from several feet away “Since when did lochs become private?”

Will’s teeth snapped together Dark auburn hair and vivid blue eyes ed at her full lips as a hand rested jauntily on a pair of decidedly delicious hips

An imp

Granted, a beautiful one, but still a saucy little woodland fairy set here to do lanced down and realized he’d grabbed up his shirt Damn If it had been his pants, he would have tried to put them on It wasn’t that he was insecure about his body but she was fully clothed while he was completely starkers Made a man nervous “This particular loch is located shtly recall if I own the water but I ken I ohat ye’re currently standing on That lare, “a trespasser”

Her eyebrows lifted up as she took a few steps toward hiave a saucy sway as she ht,her eyes look larger “What will you do with me, I wonder?”

He sucked in his breath He’d spent the last several weeks helping his brother, Blair, get his shipping co He hadn’t had time for much else, besides the purchase of the land that bordered Blair’s Belatedly, it occurred to him it had been weeks, if not months, since he’d been with a wo as the Scottish fairy in front of him