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Chapter 36
Edward lay with his wife long after she was fast asleep. He enjoyed having her in his arms. He liked the way her soft, satin skin felt against his and the way her hair always smelt of roses. Aye, he enjoyed having a wife, and that fact surprised him. He knew he would find satisfaction in sharing his bed, but he hadn't counted on the rest. He was never one for lying with a woman after the deed was finished. The cuddling and the holding, just wasn't him, yet with Isabella it was something he longed to do.
Aye, she was slowly changing him, whether he liked it or not.
When he returned to the great hall, both his captains were waiting for him. Both of them wore the same grim expression.
"We searched the entire grounds," Jasper sighed. "An' every man within the walls. Nae man bares the cut on his wrist as yer wife described."
Edward sighed. He didn't like that his wife's aggressor hadn't been found. There was only one way in and out of the castle, which meant they had to be still lurking in the grounds and the fact that he hadn't been found hinted that someone was helping him. Naw, he didn't like it at all, and he didn't plan on being far from his wife's side until the man was found.
"Perhaps yer wife was mistaken, maybe she didn't cut the man like she hid thought," Jasper suggested.
"Naw," Emmett quickly answered before his Laird could. "I saw the blood on the knife myself. The mistress did injure her attacker."
"Then, perhaps she was mistaken and the attacker wasn't a man, but a woman."
Edward scoffed. "I think my wife kens the difference between a man n a woman."
"Emmett said the mistress telt him she was unable to see her attacker, that they never spoke. It could hae quite easily been a woman. Some o oor Highland women are a lot bigger than what she'll be used tae, back in England."
Edward sighed. Jasper may have a point. "Fine, search all the women within the walls and see what ye can find."
Jasper nodded. "Though, I suggest waiting till the morning. I don't hink the clan will take too kindly to being woken twice in the wan night."
Edward sighed. He didn't want to wait till morning. He didn't want to wait a second longer to find the one who dared to touch his wife, but he knew Jasper was right, and he couldn't be bothered dealing with an angry clan. "Fine, leave the search until the morrow, but double the guard on the wall. I don't want tae gae them any chance o escape." Jasper and Emmett both nodded. "And I want the search carried oot before the morning meal. I will nae suffer the bastard under ma roof any longer, and when ye find them, bring them straight tae me."