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Authors: Lily Blackwood
“Yes, sire.” She nodded, even as her heart sank in her chest.
One corner of his lips turned upward, offering half a smile. Lifting a hand, he grazed a knuckle down her cheek.
“Good, obedient child.”
Turning toward the fire, he extended his hands and rubbed them together, warming them.
“A beneficial betrothal has already been arranged,” he said, speaking toward the mantel. Her heart constricted, at having her answer. “You will be conveyed to your new home posthaste, and married to the son of the Laird Alwyn.”
The Laird Alwyn
.
Her heart filled with sudden brightness at hearing that familiar nameâone mentioned in her sister's last letter, as the name of her own betrothed.
“To a younger son of the Laird Alwyn?” She nodded happily. “And so my sister will be there as well, with her husband, the Alwyn's elder son?”
“No,” he answered abruptly.
He moved toward the table where his sons devoured their meal like ravenous wolves. He perused the repast that had been laid out.
“No?” she questioned softly.
Glancing at her over his shoulder, he shook his head, looking distracted. More interested in the food now than her. He took up Duncan's goblet and drank from it, and reached toward a platter. “It is you who will be fortunate enough to marry the eldest son. His name is ⦠Howard orâ” He waved a hand. “âHugh.” He pointed a finger and nodded. “Yes, that is it. Hugh.”
Hugh. It was the name of her
sister's
betrothed. Her chest went tight.
Tara drew closer. “Was not Arabel to have married Hugh?”
Buchan turned to her, a capon leg held in his hand.
“She can't very well do that now, can she?” he said quietly.
The earl took a bite, and chewed slowly, his lips shining with juices, as his gaze hardened ⦠and narrowed on her. Tara's heart skipped a beat, stumbling over some unknown warning, some instinctive fear.
“I don't understand what you are saying,” she whispered.
His sons paused, glancing at their father, and at each other.
The earl swallowed, and his eyes grew dark as a crow's. “What I'm saying is that your sister is dead. And that you will take her place.”
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Contents
Excerpt from
The Rebel of Clan Kincaid
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This is a work of fiction. All of the characters, organizations, and events portrayed in this novel are either products of the author's imagination or are used fictitiously.
THE BEAST OF CLAN KINCAID
Copyright © 2016 by Lily Blackwood.
Excerpt from
The Rebel of Clan Kincaid
Copyright © 2016 by Lily Blackwood.
Cover photo illustration by Patricia Schmitt (Picky Me)
Author Photo © Darla Guyton
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