Fyna had wondered whether, before they were married, it would be better for her to meet the Earl privately and alone. Otherwise they would encounter each other for the first time in the Kirk.
That question, however, had been decided by the Earl going to Edinburgh.
She could think only of how strange and embarrassing it would be when they did leave the Kirk.
The first words he would speak to her would be that of a husband to his wife.
She undressed slowly as she was deep in her thoughts.
Only when she was ready for her bed and about to say her prayers did she suddenly feel afraid.
For a moment she could not understand why, the fear just seemed to seep through her body.
She had felt afraid when she thought of the Earl and her life ahead, but this was different.
It was something very
