The Veiled Lass

Chapter Twenty

Breac expected multiple things to happen when he confessed his feelings to Elspet.

One of them was not her fainting in his arms and her invalid friend laughing as Breac sputtered at the unconscious lass in his arms.

"Lordy Lass"Breac grunted as he lifted her onto the fur laden bed.

"She fainted didn't she?"Hamish chortled as he slowly rose from his place on Breac's floor.

Breac glared at the blind lad "Yes" he grunted under his breath as he arranged her comfortably on his bed; brushing her dark hair from her high cheeks.

Hamish merely barked out another laugh before feeling his way towards the door.

"Have fun"

Breac groaned and fell back against the bed next to Elspet.

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"WHAT DO YEE MEAN LAIRD MACDONNELL'S SON HAS SEEN HER!?"

Mae let out a small scream as a vase crashed against the stone wall beside her head.

"Father I didn't know.. I mean I thought she was wretched-"

"She is wretched!!!"Laird Douglas snarled

Mae shrank back into the wall as her father approached.

Laird Douglas was a harsh man and his exterior definitely reflected as much. He stood tall for a lowlander though he still was towered over by the highlander men.His face was tan and laden with scars and deep wrinkles. His blue eyes shone bright with undiluted anger.

"Yee had one job!! To spread yee damn legs and do the only thing yee damn lasses are good for! But no yee let a servant girl beat yee to it! She will be our downfall Mae! Yee have no idea what her existence being revealed to the wrong person could do! Now I must clean up yee's mess!"

Mae cried out as her  jewel adorned hand struck her face.

"Father.."

"Silence yee swine! Yee were not able to fulfill yee purpose so now that the lass is known I will just have to use her.."