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“Boyd” Isla put her hand to her chest, her shoulders sagging with relief She hadn’t seen theblack beard, he was instantly recognisable “Good Lord, did you have to scare us so My heart was about ready to burst”
“I see Hendry was ht”
“The probleaze “What are you doing down here? Did Lachlan send you to find us?”
Ivana’s fingers curled around Isla’s forearm “You know this man?” The odd hitch in Ivana’s voice troubled her as the lady usually held her cal intense situations
“Of course Boyd is the steward at Carrick Hall” Isla turned her attention to the tall, scrawny man in front of them “When we leave you can help us move the boulder back to block the entrance It will saveLachlan”
“I’ here, Miss Maclean As your friend said, when men are desperate they often resort to ioals”
Isla shook her head, hoping she had misheard “I don’t understand”
“He intends to leave us down here,” Ivana replied, her tone bri with reproof
Isla gasped Her frantic gaze locked with his “But why?”
Boyd fiddled with his cravat, untied the bow and began unravelling the excessively long strip of ers I saw you heading out on the road to Crieff with your coossip They will tell Lachlan they saw you, o looking for you He’ll not rest until he knows you’re safe and well In his desperation, he’ll not think to look down here By the time he does it will be too late”
Isla struggled to co For the first time in the three years, she wished she still suffered fro uard plead for his life
“That still doesn’t explain what this has to do with e that had kept her sane these last few years
“I suspect it will have so with Nikolai, Boyd must seem rather tame in comparison “Or the sort of deep-rooted jealousy that makes a man act like a depraved lunatic”
Boyd sneered Reaching into a ser “I’d say your friend is a good judge of character” Boyd used the blade to split the cravat into two similar sized pieces “Put the lantern on the floor beside you” De slash as a means to intimidate, Boyd threw a piece of material to Ivana “Tie Miss Maclean’s hands behind her back”
Ivana straightened “And if I refuse?”