CHAPTER SEVENSheinna was dreaming that the Duke was kissing her. Then suddenly she felt that he was! She looked up and he was saying, “You look so very lovely when you are asleep, my darling.” “Where have you been? What has happened?” she asked a little breathlessly. “I have so much to tell you, Sheinna. I should not be in your room, but I could not wait.” “Tell me, please tell me,” she begged. She pulled herself up a little further on her pillows. The Duke was gazing at her with such love in his eyes that she felt her heart turn a somersault. “Please tell me, Alpin, what you did after you sent me back to the Castle.” “I went to talk to the Clansmen and to my surprise they listened attentively to me and then the elders of your father’s Clan actually agreed with me!” “Oh, how won

