With a grin, Eva leaned into him as they proceeded toward the path to Selkirk Castle. “Aye?” she teased. “A man as reed-thin as Lord Comyn would give you no sport whatsoever.” Her twists of Auld Scots phrases became stronger by the day.
Sir Andrew joined them. “Trouble with the Lord of Badenoch?”
“That man is full of self-importance,” said Lady Christina, placing her palm atop her husband’s offered elbow—the one not in a sling.
Sir Andrew sighed. “Agreed, but so are over half the gentry in our company.”
“Well, he’s not worth a second thought.” With a sideways glance, Eva grinned at William. “Besides this is a momentous occasion, too important to be filled with misgivings about jealous nobility. Tell me, what has Lord Scott ordered for your celebratory dinner?”
“Anything but swan,” said William with a chuckle. “As I recall, ’tis not your favorite.”
“Yuck.” Eva made a sour face. “It tastes like fishy mutton.”
“That it does, though ye use the oddest words, Eva. Yuck?” Lady Christina peeked around her husband. “Wherever do ye come up with them?”
William grasped Eva’s hand and squeezed. He was the only person in this century who knew the truth about her past and even the fearless warrior still had trouble believing it. He needn’t worry, because she had no intension of revealing her secrets to anyone else. Momentarily, she strolled along the wooded path with her friends as if she belonged. “I traveled a great deal with my father. In my experience, I’d say sailors use the most colorful language.”
William cringed. “Och, dunna tell me ye’ll soon be teaching Lady Murray to talk like a pirate.”
The lady shook her finger. “Oh no. Miss Eva must spend a month or two with me and I’ll set her to rights.”
As they moved toward Selkirk Castle, Eva rather liked the idea of spending time with Christina Murray and learning how to be a proper thirteenth-century lady…until her gut squeezed. Damn. Thoughts of the future always had a way of dampening her enthusiasm.
End of Excerpt from IN THE KINGDOM’S NAME
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Table of Contents
Foreword
Chapter One
Chapter Two
Chapter Three
Chapter Four
Chapter Five
Chapter Seven
Chapter Eight
Chapter Nine
Chapter Ten
Chapter Eleven
Chapter Twelve
Chapter Thirteen
Chapter Fourteen
Chapter Fifteen
Chapter Sixteen
Chapter Seventeen
Chapter Eighteen
Chapter Nineteen
Chapter Twenty
Chapter Twenty-One
Chapter Twenty-Two
Chapter Twenty-Three
Chapter Twenty-Four
Chapter Twenty-Five
Chapter Twenty-Six
Chapter Twenty-Seven
Chapter Twenty-Eight
Chapter Twenty-Nine
Chapter Thirty
Chapter Thirty-One
Chapter Thirty-Two
Chapter Thirty-Three
Chapter Thirty-Four
Chapter Thirty-Five
Author’s Note
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[1] William Hamilton of Gilbertfield translation version, Blind Harry’s Wallace, The Luath Press, 2003 Edition, p. 86
[2] Andrew Fisher, William Wallace, (Birlinn Limited, 2007) pg. 102