The gomerels would sacrifice us and the bairns for the sake of their pride—but…we came anyway.” Jamie made a Scottish noise of disgust. “Your husbands are fools and cowards, and they’ll pay the price of their foolishness. They kent what they were risking when they chose to cast their lots wi’ Cunningham.” “Does a gambler ever think he’ll lose, Laird?” Jamie had opened his mouth to say something further, but shut it at this shrewd stab. Harriet MacIlhenny had lived on the Ridge almost from its founding and knew very well who was the biggest gambler in this neck of the woods.
