Page 73 of Highlander’s Haunted Past

Rob picked himself up just a bit, crouching before her on his knees. “Kenna, I am on my knees, begging ye to tell me what is in that bonny little head of yers.”

“Again, such a fool.” She leaned in to kiss him. “And so able to be pleasing when ye wish to be.”

“Aye, I ken all that already; I want something new, lass. Tell me, do ye miss me when I am gone?”

Her blue eyes caught his, and Rob felt himself sinking into them, just as he had done on the first day that they had met.

“Of course I miss ye. How could a woman not miss the man she loves?”

Rob’s hand slipped to her chin, tipping it up so he could kiss her properly. Her arms wrapped around him, guiding him back up onto the bed.

Rob’s hands trailed along her thighs, and he felt her sigh and shudder beneath him.

“Say it again,” he whispered into her skin.

“I love ye, Rob.”

Rob’s hands traveled further, followed closely by a whispered trail of kisses. “Again.”

“I love ye, I love ye, I love ye.”

Her words carried him as their bodies merged together once more.

* * *

Dawn came all too soon, unwelcomed into their room. The night before was supposed to be a night that never ended, yet life was rarely that easy.

“I’ve got to go soon,” Rob said in a hushed voice. “I have to go check the rabbit traps we set yesterday.”

“But ye haven’t even gotten a chance to sleep.” Kenna’s arms tightened around him in protest.

“Aye, I had a little devil keeping me up.”

Kenna smiled, glancing up at him with a sparkle in her eyes. “Ye did say that I was cruel.”

“In all of the best ways,” Rob said, giving her a quick peck before he pulled himself from the bed and began searching the floor for his kilt.

“How long will ye be gone?”

“Likely all day. Just long enough fer ye to really start to miss me.”

“Fat chance.” Kenna glowered.

Rob chuckled. “Deny it all ye like, lass, but I will cherish the memory of ye confessing how much ye miss me when we are apart fer the rest of my days.”

“Don’t ye have someplace to be?”

“Aye, aye, see ye later.” Rob gave her one final kiss to the forehead before leaving the room.

Though the sun had barely risen, his entire family was already gathered around the head table in the Great Hall, piling their plates high with fruit and ham that the kitchen staff had just set before them. The rest of the hall was filling up as well, with small clusters of people steadily growing larger as more and more castle dwellers made their way down from their chambers.

“Look who finally woke up,” Laird Lovat teased as Rob took his seat beside him.

Hugh gave him a stiff smile. “Did ye enjoy sleeping past dawn as much as I did?”

Rob could hardly confess that he had slept less last night than any of the nights before, so he just nodded and agreed.

“Yer brother, I am afraid, has come down with a chill. He’ll be unable to join ye on yer hunt today,” Ellen informed him. “I hope that ye managed to avoid a similar affliction?”