Highlander's Rebellious Love by Donna Fletcher

back around to her with his blue eyes as lusty as could be. “Not something you would favor.” His eyes suddenly flared with passion and his grin turned wicked. “Or perhaps you would favor it... to my great delight.” He turned and walked out the door.
    Naturally, Patience could think of only one thing and the image was quite clear... her tied naked to his bed.
    “ Never. Ever ,” she whispered, but then she had been just as adamant about not marrying Hunter McLaud.

Chapter Six
    Hunter was not surprised that his mother was pleased by the news that Patience and he would actually wed, though she was the only one. Patience’s warrior, Edward, and Craig McFarden stood staring in disbelief at her.
    Curious to see how she responded to their stunned expressions and stone-cold silence, Hunter watched and waited. She was a beauty and was probably even more beautiful when she let her long dark hair loose from the leather strip that kept the thick, silky strands tightly confined at the nape of her neck. Her bold green eyes reflected her nature as well as the color. She was not one to hold her tongue, but rather spoke as she pleased, whether it pleased others or not. And while she wore a shirt and her plaid like a man, there was no mistaken a woman’s body lay beneath. Her plump breasts sat high and firm and her waist narrowed onto nicely curved hips, and her legs were long and slender. She was a prize that would soon be his.
    “It is the sensible thing to do,” Patience finally said.
    Edward spoke before thinking. “Since when are you sensible?”
    Patience shot him a murderous scowl that had him lowering his head and mumbling an apology.
    Hunter spoke up then. “Patience is a true leader. She sacrifices for her clan, saving many lives and avoiding bloodshed by this union.”
    “I do not need you to defend me,” Patience snapped and Edward raised his head, smiling. She realized then that he, and probably her other warriors, would worry that Hunter would become Laird of the Clan Macinnes. She wore a smile when she finally related the terms of their marriage, and Edward and McFarden smiled as she finished. Hunter’s mother’s smile remained, the additional news not at all disturbing her.
    Hunter turned to his mother. “Mum, see to getting your things together so that you will be ready to leave as soon as this is done.”
    Una nodded and turned to Patience, reaching out and giving her hand a squeeze. “I am so proud that you will be my daughter. Hunter will be a good husband to you.”
    “I am sure he will,” Patience said, doing her best to sound like she meant it.
    Once Una walked away, Patience turned to Edward and kept her voice low as she said, “Greer is not happy with this union, though I do not believe he will prevent it. I also believe he will not allow it to last long. We will need to be cautious on our return journey.” She did not advise Edward of the detour they would take first, that news she would relate later when they were no longer on McLaud land. “I will not have the men hearing of this from anyone but me. We go speak with them now.”
    She turned to Hunter and was about to dismiss him when he took a step closer to her, and then said to the other two men, “I will have a private word with Patience.”
    Edward looked to Patience, and she was quick to assure him. “Get the men together. I will join you in a moment.”
    Edward bobbed his head respectfully and turned and walked off. McFarden followed, though at a slower pace.
    Patience was accustomed to being taller than most women and some men, so it surprised her that Hunter stood almost a full head over her. She did not have to crane her neck to look at him, though she had to tilt it a bit, which she did, staring him straight in the eyes. Too late, she realized her mistake. His blue eyes seemed to grab hold of her or was it the heated passion that seemed to forever lurk in them that had taken hold of her? Whatever it was, she was too captivated