She sat stunned for a moment, unable to believe he had done this.
Granted he had set her down easily, but still.
How dare he!
“You’re bleeding again,” Nora gasped as he moved away from her, and headed back toward his ale.
“Aye, I know and all I want is to lie down and drink.”
She stiffened. “You can’t drink while lying down.”
He cast her a feral glare over his shoulder, grabbed the pitcher and headed for the stairs.
This time it was Lochlan who blocked his way.
Ewan sighed disgustedly. “Will I have to move you one by one?”
“Why are you bleeding?”
“Graham stabbed him,” Nora explained. “He’s refused to let anyone tend the wound for days.”
“I don’t need your coddling,” Ewan snarled.
He shoved Lochlan aside roughly.
Lochlan caught his arm and pulled him away from the stairs.
Ewan swung at him, but the pain from his arm was such that he staggered back from it.
The next thing he knew, Lochlan had his hand on his forehead. “You’re burning with fever.”
Ewan struggled to breathe. He just wanted to lie down and forget the past week with Nora.
He wanted the pain inside him to stop.
All he felt was agony. Bitter and aching, it tore through him. Nora was lost to him.
Honestly, he just wanted to die.
Knocking Lochlan’s hand away, he took a step and felt the room spin out from under him.
Nora gasped as Ewan sank to the floor. The pitcher skittered across the cobblestones as he knelt down, and his mother rushed toward him.
Nora joined them at his side only to find him completely unconscious.
“Ewan!” Lochlan shouted, trying to shake his brother awake.
Ewan didn’t respond at all.
Nora pushed Ewan’s shirt up to see the wound in his side. It was red and swollen with infection.
“You stubborn man,” she snarled at him. “You couldn’t stand to let me help you and now look what you’ve done. I swear Ewan MacAllister, if you don’t die from your stupidity, I shall kill you for it.”
“Out of the way, woman,” Sin MacAllister said rudely, pushing her aside.
He and Lochlan carried Ewan upstairs.
Without thought, Nora followed after them while her parents stayed below.
