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He slowly extended his hand, entangling a lock of her hair around his index finger as he continued to stare intently into her eyes. She was beautiful. His gaze dropped toward her lips, and he knew he needed to know what she felt like. Christian leaned in and waited for her to back off if she wanted to. He smiled when she didn’t, her gaze dropping to his lips.
Christian moved even closer to her and placed a gentle kiss on her petal-soft lips as she gasped at the sudden touch, her breath quickening. He could almost hear the acceleration of her heartbeat, the soft rising and falling just as he moved away. He noticed how she did not back away, a touch of crimson staining her cheeks. As he pulled back, he could see the surprise on her face, her eyes moving from his eyes to his lips as if she didn’t want him to stop. There was no hatred or fear. Curiosity, maybe and something else. Something Christian didn’t dare to put a name on. Not yet.
“One day, when ye finally want it, I promise I will make ye mine, Keira. Truly mine.”
CHAPTER7
Keira was sittingin the drawing room, extremely absorbed in reading her book, when she suddenly began to feel sleepy. It could probably be because she had not much to do in the castle even though she had finally started stepping out of her bedchamber. It had just been a few days since Christian had shown up in her bedchamber unannounced, and the two of them had dinner together. When he had kissed her.
I cannot believe he kissed me without warning.
She knew when he had leaned in, the intoxicating scent of his skin corrupting her thoughts; she had wanted nothing more but to be kissed by him.He smelled remarkable, and no one would ever be able to resist him.She wanted to know what he felt like against her, and it had been far better than anything she could have ever imagined. He had been gentle, painstakingly so, as if he was afraid he would break her. As much as she had wanted for him to kiss her again, he had made no such advances.
All she had been left with was his carefully uttered statement about being his someday.Did he truly mean that?Those few words had made her speechless, and as much as she didn’t want to admit it, a part of her wished for them to be true. Since that day, he would come to her bedchamber every night for dinner, and they ate together and talked about things.
She knew she had told him almost everything about herself. He knew all about her life, her childhood, her family, and whatnot. She felt comfortable talking to him and realized that even Eric did not know these things about her, which could possibly only be because he had never bothered to find out. Christian, on the other hand, was immensely interested in knowing everything he could about her.
“Ye are more interesting to me than me entire clan,” he had told her when she had mentioned that she bored him with endless details about herself while he simply listened. Upon probing, he never answered her questions, and she still did not know much about him except for the things she had been told by others.
“Keira?” Christian’s voice forced her to look up as all sleep escaped her.
“Christian? What are ye doin’ here?” she asked, appearing confused. She knew for a fact that Christian was mostly busy during the day with work or visiting the clan to solve whatever problems required his attention. He did spend all evenings and nights with her, but his days were solely for the clan.
“I decided to come back earlier than usual today,” he replied with a shrug, and Keira raised an eyebrow at him. It could not be unreasonable because Christian did everything in an extremely calculated manner.
“Why don’t ye tell me the truth behind ye comin’ home early?” she laughed. Keira was certain he would give in eventually.
“There is a council meeting,” he replied, and Keira nodded. She had heard a lot about these council meetings, which happened almost every other week, in which the senior members of the clan sat and discussed persisting issues with the laird. Her faither, too, held these council meetings, and she had always admired the power he exercised. Although she had never seen Eric conduct one. Perhaps he was the sort of laird who made every decision for the clan himself.
“Well then, I will leave ye to it,” she smiled at Christian, not wishing to take much of his time, “I am sure ye have a lot to do.”
“There is still some time in the council meeting to start,” he shook his head but then suddenly stopped and looked at Keira thoughtfully, “will ye come with me for a second?”
“Where?” Keira asked, definitely curious.
“I will introduce ye to some people,” he replied honestly, and she immediately began to shake her head. She did not think she was ready to suddenly meet members of the council already. Josh lived in the same castle, but she had not even met him yet. The council members kept to themselves, and Keira knew nothing about them.
“I think that is too soon,” she whispered, refusing to stand up even though Christian continued to extend his hand toward her.
“That is the most absurd thing I have ever heard,” he scoffed, “Keira, I think ye are perfectly ready to meet the council member. Even Josh will be there, and ye have nae met him as well.”
“Christian, I am a mess,” she stressed, standing up and pointing toward her dress.
“I do nae understand,” he replied confusedly. Keira was wearing a simple blue gown which left her shoulders entirely bare. Her hair was left open behind her, which gave her a youthful appearance, but she still did not think she looked good enough to meet such important people in Christian’s clan. These were the people whom Christian had defied to keep her with him when they had advised him to send her back to her clan. She did not know what they thought of her.
“I am scared,” she whispered, “what if they dislike me.”
“Keira,” Christian whispered back, an understanding smile appearing on his face, “everyone in this clan respects ye as much as I respect ye. If someone so much as raises an eye towards ye or says a bad word, I will kill that person with my own bare hands. Ye come first to me, and ye will do well to remember that.”
“But, Christian,” she no longer had any argument left. Saying no to Christian was already quite difficult, and his reassuring promises were making it even more difficult for her to deny him. She knew she would eventually end up meeting these people.
“Nay buts,” he shook his head and clasped her hand in his, “ye are coming with me.”
Keira no longer objected, finally giving in and walking beside him, her book still clutched in her hand. She had finally gone through the library and had explored the section of books based on herbs and was beginning to read those. Several of those were ones she had never even seen.
They reached a large hall, and Christian walked inside effortlessly as Keira simply marveled at his power and obvious charisma. He moved like someone who recognized his importance and knew he yielded immense power. No one could ever resist him. She finally snatched her eyes away from him, her gaze falling on the several men moving around the room.
Why are all of them so muscular?
