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“I hear you’re a h you’ve gained experience with proposals that are eous”

She had once seen lust and desire flash in his bright blue eyes She kne th and brawnfor pleasure

His expression darkened “I hear you’re a witch set to kill every anie to ossip were fact, there’d be h of a tree Besides, I doubt Douglas wishes to hear your jealous banter”

Och, the man could provoke the Devil

“Did you learn your conceit in Edinburgh, too? What need do I have to be jealous?” The erratic nature of her eet they were in company “You were the one who ran away You were the one who let bitterness stand in the way of our friendship”

It rong of her to blame Lachlan The fault was hers and hers alone She had not wanted tothatShe had been completely at his mercy She had been powerless to say no to him

Lachlan clenched his jaw “You knohy I left”

Aye, to be far away froht for her She had wanted him to kill the devil, Nikolai, with his bare hands

“Aye, perhaps you’re a coward” Isla regretted saying the words as soon as they’d left her lips If she were a

Douglas sucked in a breath “Have a care, lass”

Lachlan snorted “It seems I’m not the only man you’ve chased away” His tone dripped with resentht and has not been back for three years Perhaps he’s gone to Edinburgh where the ladies hearts are kind and tender, where he’ll not find a lifetime’s worth of bother”

Douglas shook his head and tutted “Keep yer head, lad, and remember why ye came”

Isla felt the tips of her fangs burst froe burned in her chest Her hand flew to her uise it It was not the pain of Nikolai’s rejection that induced such a virulent reaction It was the pain of knowing she had lost Lachlan’s love

She turned her back, couldn’t face the man she had once hoped to call her husband “Get out, Lachlan Get out of my home”

Douglas stepped up to her shoulder “Will ye nae just listen to his proposition, lass?”