After all the battles they’d been in, surely Phelan knew who Aisley was. If he somehow didn’t, he’d be able to feel her
So what was going on?
Jason drained the amber liquid in one swallow and set down the crystal glass. There was an opportunity here, and he wasn’t going to allow it to pass by.
He didn’t need other Druids to find Aisley. However, they would come in handy should he need something. Jason closed his eyes and released a burst of magic into the air.
Any Druid within a three-hundred-mile radius would feel his magic. It was those inclined to the dark side that would seek him out.
He grinned and poured himself another whisky. Things couldn’t be going easier.
* * *
Aisley stood in the shower and let the hot water fall over her head. The disappointment she felt when they arrived at the hotel had been staggering.
She tried to play it off, but she failed. Phelan had known something was wrong. He just hadn’t tried to pry after asking her the third time.
The water hid the tears she allowed herself to cry. To have had such a glorious few days with such an incredible man made leaving Skye and facing the future even more difficult.
But it also gave her the courage to do whatever she had to in order to fight Jason.
Her finger traced the scar on her lower stomach as she thought of her precious daughter. No one knew the name she’d given her baby. She hadn’t allowed it to be carved on the headstone.
“Gillian,” she whispered.
She’d been unable to think of anything but Gillian ever since talk of the prophecy before they left the Fairy Pool. Phelan showed her the depth of his hatred for
Their time together, the way he smiled at her, touched her, kissed her had altered her perception of being a
Phelan brought it all into crystal-clear focus.
But the prophecy worried her. Obviously it concerned the Skye Druids as well if they brought it up to Phelan. It hadn’t gone unnoticed by Aisley how Ravyn and Corann glanced at her when they spoke of a Warrior sleeping with a
She couldn’t exactly tell them that they needn’t worry since she couldn’t have children. Her only choice was to remain silent and learn as much as she could.
“Aisley?”
Her head jerked up when Phelan said her name outside the bathroom door. “I’m all right. I’ll be out in a minute.”
“Take your time. We’ll leave in the morning.”
One more night. Maybe two, if she was lucky. But luck had never been something she could claim was hers.
If she were in a city, Aisley would find the nearest club and let the loud music take away her worries. If only for a few hours.
She shut off the water and wrung out her hair before reaching for the towel. Her movements were jerky as she dried herself.
A glance in the mirror showed red-rimmed eyes. The last thing she wanted was to explain to Phelan why she was crying. She didn’t hear him moving about in the room, so maybe he’d gone out for something. Aisley wrapped the towel around her and opened the door.
To find Phelan leaning his hands against the doorjamb.
“Tell me what’s wrong.” He stared at her with his blue-gray eyes, his voice soft but firm.
She was so tired of carrying the burden of lies that she knew now was the time to share her secrets.
“I doona care about your damned past,” he said before she could utter a word. “If that’s what is bothering you, then let it go. If it’s something else, then tell me so I can fix it.”
“You can’t fix this.”
“Try me.”
“Over the past few days I’ve been given the world. With you. I…” She paused to swallow past the lump in her throat. “I don’t want to lose that.”
He cupped her face and let his thumb caress her cheek. “We doona have to. The only ones who can tear whatever this is between us is … us.”
“This is the longest time you’ve spent with one woman, isn’t it?”
“Nay.”
She cocked her head to the side. “A lover then.”
“If you need to be specific, then aye. There’s nothing wrong with that.”
“There is,” she argued. “You’ll get tired of me. That’s why you left those other women.”
He yanked her roughly against him and lowered his voice to a seductive whisper as he said, “I left those others because they were no’ you.”
Whatever argument Aisley had died on her lips. She let the towel drop and rose up on her toes to kiss him. His kisses were like a drug. They could give her unimagined pleasure with just one touch.
“I’m no’ letting you go,” he said between kisses. “You can run from me again. But know this, beauty. I’ll hunt you down. No matter how far you go, no matter how long you run … I’ll find you.”
She shivered at his words. They could hold a double meaning. He might proclaim to want her now. How drastically would things change when he learned she was
Would he give her a head start in order to hunt her down like a rabid animal? Aisley wouldn’t allow that to happen because she wouldn’t run.
“Make me forget,” she begged him.
“What do you want to forget, beauty?”
“Who I am. Make the world fall away, Phelan. Please.”
He carried her to the bed where he lowered her to her feet. Together they divested him of his clothes until they were skin to skin, mouth to mouth.
Heart to heart.
“I’ll make it all go away,” he promised as he kissed her with abandon.
CHAPTER
THIRTY-EIGHT
MacLeod Castle
Britt puffed out her cheeks before blowing out a breath. She was well past exhausted. Her back ached from bending over the microscope, and her head hurt from trying to work around the problems of the
“Just think. Months ago I was bored outta my mind and looking for something challenging,” she said to Aiden.
He was never far from her. She was thankful, because many times she’d wanted to chuck it all in and give up. Then she’d look at him and remember why she gave up her life to live in a magical castle.
“You need a break. You’ve been at it for days, sweetheart.”
She relaxed when he came up behind her and massaged her shoulders. Tension eased out of her as she sighed in pleasure.
“There are other ways I can make you sigh,” he whispered in her ear before he kissed her neck.
Britt spun around on the stool so that she faced him. “When this is over—and it will be over—we’re going to take a trip. I don’t care where we go because we’ll be in bed the entire time.”
