Like many other men before him, the Laird had just hoped that things would get better.
But his real difficulty was that Hamish was too clever to be caught.
Several MacSteel men had died from the wounds that they had received in the fights that had taken place.
It was difficult for the Laird to appear horrified because the fights had always taken place on McBrara land and not on his own.
It was only on his way to see the Earl that he had thought that the obvious solution to their problems would be a marriage.
It would join the Clans together and ensure peace for both sides.
Now, returning home, he wondered what Fyna would have to say about it.
He was well aware that the Earl was surprised and certainly not in the least pleased by his suggestion when he first made it.
He knew quite w
