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This was utter madness. Nathan knew that, knew he was committing an unpardonable sin against his betrothed, against his clan…and yet, he didn’t care. After kissing Hannah once again, feeling her in his arms, her lithe body pressed up against him, he knew he could be with no one else. He would make his amends to Jennie somehow, but he would not be deterred from having Hannah McAllister as his wife.
Luckily, everyone had retired to their rooms for the evening by the time Nathan returned from his encounter with Hannah, and so no one had the opportunity to ask him where he had been and what he had been doing. No doubt Jeremiah knew the precise moment when his younger brother stepped across the threshold, but he did not emerge from the room he shared with his wife Lisbeth. If he wondered at
