Highlander's Faerie (Highlander Heat #5)

“My dreams feel more like returning memories.”


“You came through the veil with no wounds.”

“Yes, which makes my dreams all the more strange.” She trailed a finger down his neck and into the deep V of his tunic. “Do you recall Marie’s neck wound?”

“Aye. When Archie took his blade to Lachlan during the battle at the Rhinns, Marie cried out and clasped her neck as a wound suddenly opened out of nowhere. Archie held his hand against MacLean, then bound hers and Lachlan’s wounds. She bled because her paternal ancestor did.”

“In my dreams, I suffered the same injury as Marie, in the exact same spot.”

“Archie didnae take MacLean’s life. He bound her wound and she survived.”

“There was so much blood, and I had no one there to stem the flow like Marie did.”

“Nay, I dinnae believe it. You’re alive and have no’ perished.” He pulled her closer, held her tight.

“I also dream of my parents. They were there with me in the circle and I have no idea how that could’ve happened, not when—” Tears pooled in her eyes. “I fought for each breath I could until one of the fae shimmered into sight and pressed again my chest. The heat of her touch moved through my body and everything felt so peaceful.”

“I was there when you came through the veil.” He aligned every inch of their bodies. “You were well and truly alive with no’ a drop of blood on you.”

“Yes, but I think the fae must have removed it. The next thing I remember is coming to and hearing Marie call my name. Then you and Archie arrived.” She sniffed. “I know it all seems strange, but the moment you and I touched, I felt like I’d just come home, as if I was whole again.”

“You are home when you’re with me.” Rubbing his cheek against hers, he gave into the deep need within him to draw her even closer. He rolled her onto her back and looked deep into her shimmering blue eyes. “Katherine, may I kiss you?”

Her breath hitched and her pupils darkened. “There’s something about you that calls to me, but kissing really should be off the table.”

“That’s no’ the answer I seek.”

“If there’s one thing I’ve learnt, history must remain on course.” She raised a brow. “I can’t change the path you’re supposed to travel, and kissing me isn’t part of that path.”

“One kiss willnae change my future.”

“You’re also a temptation I need to resist.”

“And you’re a temptation I have no intention of resisting.” He brushed his mouth over hers, so gently, so softly, then as she softened underneath him, he urged her lips farther apart and delved deeper into the delicious recesses of her mouth. Desire swarmed his senses and he feasted, kissing her as he’d secretly longed to since the moment they’d met.

“Oh my goodness, are we truly kissing?” She melted against him, her breath whispering softly across his tongue in a teasing caress he wanted more of.

“Aye, and I need another.” He kissed her again, indulging and welcoming the raw intimacy he hadn’t a chance of halting.

“You make me feel so alive, John.” She tugged his shirttails free and slipped her hands underneath his tunic. Palms warm against his flesh, she stroked along his sides and over his lower back. “Tonight, the fae also told me there was magic all around me, and to draw on the touch of fae in my blood.”

“You have fae in your blood?” He lifted up and stared into her eyes.

“Not that I’ve ever known. Neither of my parents certainly ever mentioned a thing.” She pressed her breasts against his chest, kissed along his jaw and nibbled his ear. “You taste so good. Even though I shouldn’t, I like kissing you.”

“If you are part fae then that would explain how you so easily scatter my thoughts.” He rubbed his hips against hers and his cock stiffened and pushed into her belly. “Aye, and far too much.” He blew out a long breath and flopped onto his back. “My apologies. I’ve let things go too far.”

“Don’t be sorry.”

“’Tis time for us to sleep.” He fisted his hands so as not to reach for her again. “Rest, Katherine. I’ll watch over you throughout the night.”

“I know you will.” She closed her eyes and as her breathing evened out, she fell asleep.

He too allowed sleep to take him.





Chapter 2


Content and deep asleep, images swirled through Katherine’s mind. The lushness of the forest beckoned and John held her hand, his fingers tangled with hers as he led her along a thin leaf-strewn trail. Low branches brushed her arms as they tramped. “Where are we?”

“Close to the cliffs overlooking the ocean.”

The sanctuary of the woods gave way to water gushing somewhere close by.