Highland Tigress (Tiger Series) by Amanda Anderson Read Free Book Online

bundle?”
    She shook her head, “Nay. I rushed to come to you.”
    “Is there another wench that ye trust to get it for ye then?”
    “Aye. Old Sara can be trusted to get it.”
    “Darren, find this old Sara and bring her here.”
    “Darren, tell her to come the way no one else would know.”
    Darren nodded and was gone.
     
    Cara felt odd standing in Liam’s chamber alone with him. She felt her body warm and her heart quickened. Again the moisture pooled in her loins and she began breathing hard. Liam took her in his arms as soon as the door closed and again pressed his lips to hers.
    “Cara, I am dying for ye lass.”
    “Liam,” his name was a breathy moan on her lips.
    Liam’s hand wrapped her braid around his hand and held her head firm. He ate from her mouth until he thought he would lose his mind. His other hand found the soft weight of her breast and he kneaded it gently.
    Cara gasped and arched her back for more contact. She needed something she could not explain. Liam was the only water that could quench for her desires and he was only building her fires higher.
    “Liam, I need…”
    He cut her off with his mouth. “I know what ye need, my bonnie lass, but it cannot be done now. Soon, verra soon I will claim ye as my own and I will fill yer needs with my own. I will cherish you Cara.”
    His word broke through the fog that surrounded Cara. She remembered the word Alice had said. A man of Liam’s size could rip her to shreds. His appetites would be great and she feared that her pain would be unbearable. She pulled from his arms and shook her head. “Liam, you’ll not bed me until we are wed. I admit that I know little about the whole matter, but I do fear it. It will take me a while to resign myself to your invasion. I ask that ye give me this time, Liam.”
    Liam frowned at her choice of words. “’Twill not be an invasion and ye’ll not come to my bed reluctantly. Ye’ll come to it eagerly as I or not at all. I’ll be gentle with ye Cara. There is naught to fear in our coupling.”
    “As you say.”
    “Gods bones, woman do ye think I’d lie about it?”
    “Aye, I do if it served yer purpose.”
    Liam was dumbfounded by her words and wanted to explode, but he did not want to fight with the lass, so he simply walked away to prepare to leave.
     
    Cara was saved when the wall in Liam’s room swung open. Liam flung her to the floor and drew his claymore.
    “Settle yerself Lad,” old Sara said. Cara pulled herself to her feet and glared at Liam.
    “Thank you Sara.” She took the bundle from the older woman. “Be careful, Sara. I fear things will get bad here very soon.” Sara squeezed Cara and kissed her smooth cheek.
    “You have been my joy, Lady Cara. Stay safe and love him if you can.” She then slipped something into the pocket of Cara’s skirt and winked. She then turned to Liam. “You take care of her now Lad. She is verra precious.”
    “As I have discovered.” Liam looked at the older woman with concern in his amber eyes. “We will take you with us, Sara, if you wish to go.”
    She laughed and shook her head. “Nay, nay. I will stay and face my fate, what ever it may be. Come now, we must be gone from this place.”
    As they spoke Deaglan entered the room and nodded to Liam. Liam sighed, it was done then.
    “Hurry up before we run out of time,” Sara insisted. The three of them fell into line behind her as she led them through the passage. They soon met up with Darren. They traveled silently for what seemed like hours in the dark and dank passages. None had need of a torch. They all could use their animal’s eyes, even if some did not know it. Liam wondered if any in the keep suspected that old Sara was different. He also wondered if Lauchlan had kept her near Cara for her safety and kinship.
    They soon saw the watery light of the moon ahead of them. They came into the night near the loch. They would need to travel quietly around the loch to reach the forest where they