Highland Lover. Hannah Howell

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СКАЧАТЬ her hand, he smiled faintly and got off the bed. It was wise to put some distance between them anyway. When he had not been certain of her age, his lustful feelings had been easy enough to curtail, if only because it had horrified him that he might be feeling that way toward a child. Now that he had seen the beauty beneath her clothes, a need to make love to her seemed to have become a permanent part of him. Even when she had been feverish, it had been nearly impossible to ignore the allure of that lithe, soft body he bathed with cool water. He had to sternly remind himself now that she was only newly recovered, that she was still weak, and that the very last thing she needed was some lusty fool mauling her.

      “Rest, lass,” he said as he gently urged her to lie down. “’Tis best and will help ye regain the strength the fever robbed ye of.”

      Even as he tucked the blanket around her, she was asleep. Gregor shook his head when the cat leapt up onto the bed and curled up against Alana’s back. Lucky cat, he thought. He would like to be there, his arms wrapped around her slender body and his own body sated and warm after a hearty bout of lovemaking.

      Time to go ahunting, he decided as his body tightened with a need that was nearly painful. He collected the hunting bow and arrows he had taken from the Gowans and left the cottage. Gregor did not particularly care if he actually caught anything, but he needed to get away from Alana and clear the fog of lust from his mind. It was time to make some hard decisions.

      Guilt wracked him as he fully accepted the fact that he could not marry Mavis despite the strong lure of her dowry. That had caused him to waver in his decision more than once, but no longer. Mavis was a good woman, and she deserved better than a husband who could never give her his whole heart. He was still not sure if Alana was his true mate, but he knew for certain that Mavis was not. The ferocity of the need he felt for Alana was proof of that. He had never felt anything like that for Mavis and doubted he ever would, no matter how many years he was married to her and how good a wife she was. As soon as he returned to Scarglas, he would send word to Mavis and her father that the betrothal would not go ahead. He would send Mavis a more personal missive explaining his reasons more gently and as honestly as he dared.

      That left him with the question of what to do about Alana. She was a free woman of two-and-twenty, a woman who had been ready to be courted for years now. Gregor did not feel confident of his courting skills, however. Even with Mavis, he had done little wooing except of her father, for he was the one who controlled the purse. Somehow Gregor did not think the few flirtatious games he had played with Mavis—and had played with other women—would impress Alana. He was going to have to come up with a whole new plan, and one that would help him decide if Alana was truly the mate he had been looking for but would not offer any false hopes of a future in case she proved to be the wrong one. And one very large part of that plan would be seduction, for he had no intention of getting all the way to Scarglas without at least once tasting Alana Murray. Preferably more than once.

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