Page 48 of Love Beyond Reach (Morna’s Legacy #11)

P resent Day

L aurel closed the book and looked up for the first time all day.

“Marcus, do you remember passing an inn on the way back from Conall Castle?”

“If I remember correctly, we passed at least two dozen inns. We’re a good two hours from Conall Castle. Not that you would know with the way your head has been buried in that book all day. Was it really that good?”

Laurel knew that Marcus would think her request absurd, but there was no way she was waiting until morning.

“Would you like to see Scotland by dark?”

“Do you want to go to a pub?”

Smiling, she reached for his hand and tried to pull him out of his seat.

“No. I’ll drive this time. I know just where we’re going.”

Marcus handed Laurel the keys and followed behind her. “And where is that?”

“To the inn near Conall Castle.”

“Now that stretch I do remember. There was nothing in the thirty miles leading to the castle.”

“There will be now, and I don’t want to be late for tea.”