This chapter opens with Heather waking up and seeing that Tim is awake as well. Whoo! So, after she ascertains that his fever is broken and he's doing much better, Heather takes a moment to assure Tim that she loves him truly, madly, deeply. Oh, and also that she's totes okay with marrying him. Then he falls back asleep. When Tim wakes up again, he sees Algaria knitting, and they talk a bit about his recovery. Algaria sent Heather to bed until at least dinner time, you see. Tim is confused that he was out for six days, but when he hears that Caro and Michael are there, he supposes that would be about right.
Later, Caro
comes up to talk with Tim. Apparently, since Caro came to Tim's
sickbed his sisters didn't have to and they're overwhelming, so it's
good they're not there. Kinda sounds like Heather's brothers and
male relations. Huh. Anyway, they also talk about how much Tim
needs Heather, and he reflects on how it's hard to be so vulnerable
in talking about her, but decides that he'll have to get used to it.
Oh, also, apparently he was nearly-mortally injured shortly before
Caro and Michael's wedding. So, weddings are dangerous for him. I'm
glad that Ms. Laurens pointed this out, because it's funny.
Oh, also the
menfolk meet to talk about this guy who kidnapped Heather. They talk
about how little they know and decide they need to look after the
other sinister, I mean, Cynster sisters. They name some names about
people who would be good to ask and move on with their lives. Or, I
move on with mine, anyway.
Two nights
later, Tim is lying in bed, thinking about how it's so sad that he
can't leave his bed and go wandering, even though his bandages are
gone. Perhaps he'd go visit a certain fiancee of his. Oh, also,
he's super glad that he didn't have to say the L-word (no, not
lesbians) to Heather. Really super glad. This woman with whom he's
really excited to start his life with. Oh, hey, there she is. In
all her silk robe sexiness. So, obviously, they bang. Although Tim
has to stay lying flat on his back the whole time because of his
stitches. Oh, and it's super wonderful lovey-ness. Also, Ms.
Laurens mentions a few times how it's because of Tim's injury that
they were able to be together. That's....kind of unsettling. It's
only because he nearly died that they're getting married? Goodness.
So, the next
day, Tim and Heather are taking a turn around the garden. The cover
story for Heather's absence is measles, and those would have passed
by now, so they're able to go back to London and get hitched whenever
they want to. As they're talking Tim starts getting all sentimental.
He thinks about how Heather has grown so much over the course of
this book, erm adventure, and then starts telling her how much she
means to him. And he even says the L-word to her! (Still not
lesbians.)
Once they're
done with their moment, the twins come ripping out of the garden and
circle around them. Heather promises they can be a flower girl and
page boy, and they run off to tell their parents. Tim wonders aloud
at the day when Heather fell backwards off the fence which resulted
in him getting gored. They both decide they're happier not asking
the twins about that. I wouldn't want to ask children if they
deliberately got someone hurt either. Although, it's the kind of
thing you really should ask....
So, Tim and
Heather decide to leave the Vale the next day, right after breakfast
because it's too late to start that day. Also, Heather has plans for
that night. I'll give you a hint. It's sex.
Epilogue
Oh, hello,
Highlander! I wasn't expecting to see you again! He's just
chilling, reading the Edinburgh Gazette when he hears his mother's
shriek of displeasure. He's not worried about it, because he knows
she's going to come tell him why. And so she does. She just read
that Heather and Tim were engaged and she's really mad because this
means Heather wasn't ruined. The Highlander is happy for the couple,
and the way it reads, it seems like he was going to marry
Heather. Huh. Creepy.
Anyway, Momma
Highlander continues to be mad, and tells the Highlander that his
time is running out. The Highlander reflects on how he's been
searching for that jeweled cup but hasn't been able to find it, so he
still has to give into her blackmail. Also, he mentions that there
are other sinister sisters available for ruining. Then two children
come running in and they climb right into the Highlander's lap.
Apparently their parents, his cousin and the cousin's wife, are dead
and the Highlander is raising the boys now. So, the Highlander says
he'll keep his end of the deal if Momma Highlander keeps hers, and
she stomps off. Also, the Highlander needs that jeweled cup to keep
these boys happy and safe. Or to keep his land. Or both. Anyway,
he goes to look at horses with the kids, while thinking about how
he's going to try to kidnap Eliza Cynster next.
Whew! That is
the longest romance novel I've ever read, and I think I'm going to
keep it that way. This was a marathon instead of a sprint and,
obviously, I'm not a very good distance runner. So, to stop with the
metaphors, I'm going on a hiatus again. If you miss me too much,
just go back and re-read some of the better chapters I've done
before. Remember, I'll always be with you in the snark that lives in
everyone's mind. Or something.
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