His look darkened and warred with hers. A nerve in his jaw ticked. She could feel his anger now and knew it was directed at her. For what? For her insolence in hating him? For what he had been denied—the rape of her body? Or because he knew who she was? He moved. He came to her swiftly. Ceidre started to shrink away, then caught herself and held her ground, raising her chin with defiance. She could feel the thick, unnatural beat of her heart, the cloying terror.
He could rape her then beat her before killing her, but she would not show fear of this man. But he had seen her initial reaction, and this to displeased him. His anger was a visible thing, darkening his eyes again, and his face. Ceidre had seen many people look at her the same way, when they first noticed her eye. Surprise, usually, was the initial reaction, then puzzlement, the comprehension and horror.
Behind him, she saw Guy draw back. Ceidre hated the deformity that had haunted her her entire life: Her right eye sometimes wandered away at will. It was not a frequent occurrence; usually it happened only when she was extremely tired, and was only noticeable by those in close proximity. It had been that way her entire life, since she was a tiny toddler in swaddling. Yet that she could heal the sick as her granny did only confirmed their belief that she was a witch.
So even her kin were overly aware of her, in awe. Only her brothers, well used to her, seemed entirely indifferent, and Ceidre had long known since said prayers of thanks for this blessing—Morcar had once asked her to bewitch a lass who had been leading him on a merry chase! Now Ceirdre flushed, hating this deformity more than she ever had in her entire life—hating being exposed before this man.
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