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Gregor gulped down the whiskey, and before the girl had even left the room, some of the color returned to his face

“Your bandages need changing,” Meg said

“Don’t worry,” he said, “I’ll get Malcolm Bain to do it Tell me what you have come all this way to tell me”

Meg nodded, leaning forward, her eyes fixed on his

“After you left Glen Dhui, Captain Grant, the overnht it”

His sid and une in it

“You know my father,” she said softly “He is General Mackintosh”

So in the depths of those amber eyes, a whirlpool of e his dark lashes over the of hisof his body, the white knuckles of his clenched hand Real pain

“General Mackintosh is your father,” he repeated, and it was not a question

“Yes My father is the man whose life you saved when you were in prison, Captain Grant”

Now those thick, dark lashes lifted, and she sailderment “The name was the same, but I did not think…Why would the General Mackintosh I knew buy Glen Dhui? He lived in the North of England”

Meg smiled wryly “He did, and why indeed? If you think it was to repay you for your courageous action, then think again My father is not quite so altruistic He knew of Glen Dhui from you, presumably, and then he learned that the estate was forfeit by your family after the Rebellion He had to travel north of the border on business that year Glen Dhui was out of his way, but he journeyed to it anyway There were a nuland who fancied theht estates confiscated fro to increase his prestige He fell in love with Glen Dhui, and overnment They accepted And so ent to ood laird,” she finished, lifting her chin and daring hiree

Slowly he nodded his head, accepting her words He shivered again, and pulled the quilt closer about hiolden gleah his lashes

“Then why do you need me?” he asked quietly

“The general is not well Duncan helps, he is a good tacksman, and he advises us Our tenants are loyal and reliable But er able to run the estate as he once did, and much falls to me I do not mind… In fact I enjoy it I cannot foresee any proble the reins from him, when he is ready to relinquish them”