Highland Legends 04 - Captive Highlander Read Online Free Page A

traveled through the night to bring you here.”
    “What do you plan to do with me,
virgin Katie? Are you as innocent as you claimed? Did you tell any truth in the
midst of this foul plot?”
    She stiffened. “You question my
virtue. I am not a loose woman.”
    Ian burst out laughing and her
face grew red and flushed. “Fair Katie, you are the deceiver. You came to me
and offered so much, only to snatch it from me with not one, but two crushing
blows. Why should I believe anything you told me?” He paused eyeing her boldly.
“Does Keith find respite between your thighs so he will do your bidding?”
    She slapped him hard across the
face, so hard it caused his head to roll. “Evil man,” she spat. “I dinna ken how
I could have any sympathy for the likes of you. To think I worried over your
health.”
    “First you wipe my head, and then
you strike me.”
    “Your foul suggestions fired my
temper. I dinna wish to harm you.” Collecting herself, Katie looked him over.
“What wounds need tending?”
    “My head is throbbing, but the
pain I would most like you to attend to is lower. My bruised balls could use
your tender touch.” Her face turned scarlet and she struck him again. Ian could
only imagine what it would be like to have that fire directed in passion
instead of anger. This woman-child could easily drive him mad with desire.
Right now, all he wanted was to feed her ire. “Ah, Katie, my tarse could use a
massage as well.”
    “Hoary bastard! I am the eldest
daughter of the laird of Duntaigh Castle, and I wilna suffer your abuse.”
    She leaned across him spitting
her words into his face. This time she ventured too close. He grabbed her and
pulled her down on top of him, holding tight. Her wriggling provided a
stimulation she did not intend. Perchance he remained intact and able to
function after her treacherous assault. His reaction to the press of her body
would indicate so. “Mark my words, Katie. I will have you wild beneath me if it
is the last thing I do. Your punishment for this deception,” he swore as he
released her.
    She hopped up and stepped back
shaken by his threat. “Never unless ‘tis rape, not something I would put past
you or your wicked kin.”
    “How is it, virgin Katie, that
you have such a low opinion of the Innes clan?”
    “Stop calling me that.”
    “Calling you virgin? That is what
you purport to be.”
    “You make it sound dirty.”
    “Your guilt over what you offered
that makes it seem dirty. To offer your innocence for money is a whore’s
errand, yet I canna see you whoring. No one ever touched you the way I did.”
    “I suffered your abuse for the
good of my people.”
    “You invited my abuse with your
crude proposal.” He smiled at her. “Sad thing is you enjoyed it in a way you
had not considered.”
    For this, she struck him again,
but Ian barely felt the blow. “Stop this!” she choked.
    “I want you to know you have the
most beautiful breasts I’ve ever seen, so soft and white, and so quick to react
to my touch. All I wanted was to have a taste of your sweet flesh, but alas,
you called a cruel halt before that could occur.” He raised his eyebrow and
gave her the most lecherous leer he could muster. “A taste of you I would
treasure to my grave,” he whispered. “I ken you liked it.”
    Katie quivered. She’d like to
take Keith’s mace and beat him. She must control herself. In such a fit of
temper, she might kill her helpless captive. He wanted her angry. It seemed he
did not care if she struck him, but he spoke the truth. His touch lit a fire in
her she had not known before. It was her punishment from God for this blasted
plan of hers. Refusing to let him goad her into striking him again, she bit her
lip in hopes the pain would help her find her balance. “If that is what you
would like to believe,” she said.
    “Ah, you gain control of your
anger,” Ian chided.
    He read her easily. It made it
harder to keep her temper in check. “I’ll take my