Draco A Medieval Scottish Roma - Jayne Castel Page 0,91
which cloth to buy, their long-suffering husbands looking on.
Even Draco hadn’t seen Gavina leave, for he’d been haggling with an iron monger. But he’d be looking for her now.
Returning to the busy quayside—where gulls screeched at each other as they fought for scraps, and the cries of vendors rose against the whistling wind and the rumble of surf—Gavina hurried back to the market.
Draco spied her from a distance. He strode toward her. The others hurried close behind him.
Seeing their worried faces, guilt speared Gavina. She hadn’t been away that long—but she now realized they’d all been searching for her.
Even with his face creased with concern, the sight of her husband—tall and swarthy, a fur cloak around his broad shoulders—made Gavina’s belly tighten with excitement. He’d made Dunnottar his home, but he was still a warrior, and he stalked toward her like one.
“Gavina!” he greeted her, his voice tight with relief. “Where in Hades have you been?”
“To see the midwife,” she replied.
Draco stopped, halting so abruptly that Maximus ran into him. His dark eyes went wide, before his throat bobbed. “Why? Are you …?”
Gavina nodded. “The bairn will be born just after Beltaine.”
“I knew it!” Aila squealed, her face alight with joy. “Ye have been off yer bannocks for days now.” Beside Aila, Heather was beaming, a hand upon her swollen belly. Likewise, Aila’s stomach appeared rounded under her kirtle. Gavina’s, however, had yet to curve.
Standing behind their wives, both Maximus and Cassian were smiling. Their gazes gleamed. They knew how much this meant to Draco and Gavina.
She’d feared she was barren, for although she hadn’t lain with David often, her womb had never quickened nonetheless. And when both Heather and Aila fell pregnant and she didn’t, she began to worry. Draco had been given his mortality, and should be able to father a child. But what if she couldn’t give him one?
Gavina’s gaze met Draco’s. His worry had faded. He approached her now, his hands cupping her face. “That is fine news, my love,” he murmured, gazing into her eyes. “But even if you weren’t with child, you know I’d adore you all the same.” Perhaps seeing the tension upon her face, his gaze narrowed. “I mean it. Having a bairn together is wonderful.” His voice had lowered, growing intimate, as if they were alone and not standing in the midst of a jostling crowd with their friends looking on. “But it’s you I want … all I’ll ever want.”
Gavina stared up at him, and something deep inside her—a tension she hadn’t realized she’d even been carrying—unknotted. He had no idea how freeing his words were.
Throwing her arms around Draco’s neck, she pressed her lips to his, clinging to him. She heard one of the men whistle, while one of the women—Aila most likely—giggled.
Gavina and Draco paid them no mind.
The kiss deepened, and Gavina’s surroundings faded. She too had everything she would ever want. Right here in this moment. This man in her arms—who kissed her as if they were newly-weds standing at the doorway of the chapel—was the only thing she needed.
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FROM THE AUTHOR
I hope you enjoyed the final installment in THE IMMORTAL HIGHLAND CENTURIONS.
DRACO was a story full of surprises for me—there were a