I spun past Carnegie, who hissed something under his breath. I didn’t pay any attention to him, he wasn’t important.

‘Byron!’ I called. He kept walking, not even turning his head to acknowledge me. I caught up with him and grabbed his arm. I could feel his muscles under my fingers.

‘You got what you wanted, Integrity,’ he said, without looking at me. ‘Be happy.’

‘But…’ I gasped, shaking my head in confusion, ‘but why?’

A muscle worked in his jaw. ‘Because it was the right thing to do.’ He wrenched his arm away from me.

‘Your Clan. The money you need…’

His head turned and his eyes met mine for a second. ‘There’s always another way.’ His mouth tugged up at the corner. ‘Right?’

I licked my lips. ‘Right.’ His words didn’t alter my disbelief. ‘Uh, thank you. Thank you so much.’

He looked as if he wanted to say something else.

‘Byron!’ Aifric was standing at the end of the corridor. I shivered involuntarily. ‘This doesn’t concern you, Miss Adair,’ he said. ‘I would like to talk to my son.’

Irritation flooded me; he had the knack of showing up at the worst possible moments. Why couldn’t Byron see the truth about his father?

‘Go, Integrity,’ Byron muttered.

I gritted my teeth then nodded. ‘Fine. I’ll leave you in peace.’ I flicked a look at Aifric. ‘There’s just one thing though, Steward.’

He glanced at me. ‘Yes?’

‘It’s Chieftain Adair.’

And then I smiled.

Thank you so much for reading Honour Bound! I really hope you enjoyed it. It would mean a huge amount if you could leave a review – any and all feedback is so very, very welcome and hugely important for independent authors like myself.

The third book in the Highland Magic series, Veiled Threat, will be released on May 29th, 2016.

About the Author

After teaching English literature in the UK, Japan and Malaysia, Helen Harper left behind the world of education following the worldwide success of her Blood Destiny series of books. She is a professional member of the Alliance of Independent Authors and writes full time although she still fits in creative writing workshops with schools along with volunteering to teach reading to a group of young Myanmar refugees. That’s not to mention the procession of stray cats which seem to find their way to her door!

Helen has always been a book lover, devouring science fiction and fantasy tales when she was a child growing up in Scotland.

Helen currently lives in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia with far too many cats – not to mention the dragons, fairies, demons, wizards and vampires that seem to keep appearing from nowhere.

Other titles by Helen Harper

The Blood Destiny series

Bloodfire

Bloodmagic

Bloodrage

Blood Politics

Bloodlust

Blood Destiny Box Set (The complete series: Books 1 – 5)

Also

-          Corrigan Fire

-          Corrigan Magic

-          Corrigan Rage

-          Corrigan Politics

-          Corrigan Lust

The Olympiana series

Eros

Lyre

The Bo Blackman series

Dire Straits