The Veiled Lass

Chapter Fifteen

Breac looked up from his task to see Lady Mae leaning against the door to the armory shooting a dazzling smile at him.

Her light hair was braided in a intricate plait upon her head with small crystal pins scattered within the style.The crystal matched the necklace sparkling against her fair skin and contrasted fiercely with the pale lilac silk gown.

"If I had rolled in a carcass as you said I assure yee there would be much less blood"Breac growled.

Mae rolled her eyes playfully at him "Don't get your feathers all ruffled I merely came to ask why you cut down four of my fathers best men,four of my best men"

"Yee men committed a travesty..yee should be happy they only leave with wounds and bruises the alternative would be the absences of the damn heads"

Breac looked at the lass surprised after a moment.Why she hadn't even flinched when he threatened beheading.Mae simply batted her lashes and approached him seductively."I'm confused.."She trailed off leaving Breac to raise an eyebrow curiously.Mae slowly walked around Breac stared him down like wild game.The pale haired lass stopped behind him to breath into his ear "Which head?"Mae accented her lewd question with a impromptu caress of Breac's manhood.

Breac reacted immediately;turning he pinned Mae against the wall.

The lass let out a breathy sound at the sudden movement and and pale eyes met dark eyes both filled with burning heat.

But while Mae's were full of lust. Breac's were filled with disgust.

"How dare yee lay your hands upon me! I am the next laird of the Macdonnell clan.The fiercest in the highlands the most feared and as yee must know the most wealthy.If I was to take a lass out of wedlock into my bed it would not be for a common whore playing dress up in a Lady's clothes."

Mae stared at him straight on the only show of weakness was a slight wince when Breac spoke of her as a whore.Her lustful eyes filled with hatred.

"I see yee prefer yee whores scrubbing your floors"

Breac snarled and slid a hand up to clutch Mae's neck they both knew exactly who she was speaking of.

"You donna talk about her that way!She is not a whore and yee know it! She is also not my common maid she is my lady"Breac corrected spittle flying from his mouth causing Mae to turn her face but a strong hand guided it back.

Mae produced a sick smile "You're right she isn't yee common maid,nor your whore but where you're wrong is the fact that she also isn't yee lady she's my common maid and I've decided that her new position is clan whore.Why they will eat her right up don't yee think? She is a exquiste looking lass and by that look on yee face I know that yee have seen under the damned veil.Now my father wont take kindly to others lusting after his property. So yee might wanna mind yee actions future Macdonnell laird.Why you'll be lucky if my father doesn't hang her you'll be lucky if all he does is throw her to barracks like I did"