The Highlander’s Kilted Affair by Shona Thompson EPUB & PDF – eBook Details Online
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Mackay Castle, the wedding of Laird Cathal Mackay
“We are surely going tae be hanged for ruining this wedding, Yvaine,”
Evelyn Sinclair hissed at her younger sister. “We shouldnae be here.”
“Och, will ye stop fretting,” Yvaine replied evenly. “Dae ye nae remember
why we came? We’re supposed tae be having some fun. Besides, our clan
was invited. Ye ken that. If Faither had accepted, we’d have come here with
him.”
They were slowly moving through the many people who already filled the
corridor. Laughter and boisterous conversations met their ears, the women
giggling, and the men guffawing. Tankards spilled their contents as the
merrier guests hardly seemed to care where their drink ended up, and a faint
trickle of music danced on the air as the sisters made their way to the great
hall of Mackay Castle.
Evelyn brushed her long, dark blonde hair behind her ear and moved closer
to her sister as they continued to maneuver through the crowd. “Aye, well,”
she whispered. “There was never a chance o’ that happening. He’s nae the
same anymore, so distant and secluded. He can barely look us in the eye,
never mind anybody else.”
Yvaine looked at Evelyn sadly. “He did lose his wife, Evelyn.”
“And we lost our maither,” Evelyn countered. “But it has been a year
already. He cannae mourn forever.”
“It isnae the same fer him. Ye ken that he blames himself. She was
murdered tae punish him, and he cannae get past that.”
Evelyn could hardly argue, and perhaps her anger for her father’s lack of
affection masked the sadness she felt for him and for herself. Their mother
and father had adored each other, anyone with eyes had seen it. After her
mother’s murder, her father, Laird Donald Sinclair, had not been the same.
She did try to understand how hard it was for him, but she and Yvaine had
lost someone precious too. They had needed him over the last year. They
had needed his love and support as they dealt with their own feelings of
grief. But he had not been there for them. A part of him had died with his
wife, and Evelyn had wondered, over the last months, if he would ever
return from the darkness that still surrounded his being.
The further into the castle they ventured, the more her nerves grew. This
was not something she or Yvaine would normally do. Holding integrity in
high esteem, they didn’t break the rules. Evelyn fingered the necklace at her
throat. It was a gift from her mother, and thus, more precious to her than
anything else she owned. Yvaine was right.
Their clan had been invited, but
her father had declined, and thus, none of the Sinclair clan were expected to
be there. More than that, though, Donald Sinclair did not know his
daughters had sneakily left the castle that evening and travelled the couple
of hours to attend the wedding feast of Laird Mackay
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