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That gave her a little thrill of expectation Archibald Borthwick had been waiting for a friend to arrive at the airport, but he’d been delayed several hours and Archibald had started a conversation with her, welco her to Scotland with such friendliness that she had admired him for it She hadn’t expected hi first He’d offered to buy her lunch and to drive her froe Castle, but she’d already rented a car and was dying to see her castle and what Grant intended to do when she arrived But what a pleasant surprise to see Laird Borthwick now, and a welco with Grant

"Borthwick is here, is he?" Grant started to leave the study in a gruff h he intended to throw thehim, Colleen quickly seized his arazes instantly collided The astonished look he gave her arabbed hi her cousins in such aof it Just a natural reaction on her part

Grant wasn’t anything like her cousins He wasn’t a beta He was a warrior fro line of warriors And he looked at her like he wasn’t sure what to do with her Thrash her or…well, thrash her

"I’ll speak with hi such a decision Which he didn’t

Darby looked from her to Grant’s ar her think of round in play, except she was not thinking in terhts turned so wicked when she ith him, or…not with him, she wasn’t sure Maybe it was because he wore that sexy kilt again Bare legs and feet this tih his skin was now clean of oil That ain--until he spoke and got her mind back on track where it needed to be

"He is not one to trifle with," Grant said, barely suppressing a growl and not believing the lass was interested inwith the man

When Colleen had seized his ar him off the premises, Grant immediately saw a flicker of a smile on Darby’s lips The h he was a happy sort He just didn’t wear his expressions for all to see So when the lass grabbed Grant, he was surprised to see Darby’s reaction But no more so than Grant himself was shocked at the lass’s action

He should have been angry with her, but instead, her touch made him think of more carnal pursuits He’d never had a woman treat hi her over his shoulder andup the stairs to his bedchamber, where he would have no interruptions while they continued to iron out the details of her stay Thinking of tossing her on his bed brought to mind how he’d been with her in that same bed earlier

Which is why he’d left the bed so quickly No sane, naked , nude she-wolf and not want to do much more than just sleep

"Your family and mine have always been at odds with those of the Bortholf pack," Grant infor about her family’s history?

"Well,like that would be an easy task

"Over my dead body," Grant said