The MacKinnon's Bride Quotes

“How very moving,” FitzSimon declared from the ramparts above, his tone full of rancor. “Now take your bastard and go, MacKinnon!” Iain hung his head back, peering up into the ramparts to meet FitzSimon’s gaze. “Aye,” he agreed. “You’ve kept your end o’ the bargain, FitzSimon, and now I’ll keep mine. Your daughter will be returned to you within the hour.” “Nay!” FitzSimon shook his head vehemently. “Keep the bloody bitch!” Iain was struck entirely dumb. Surely he didn’t mean that... He was but angry... “If you return her to me,” FitzSimon swore, “I’ll rip out her traitorous tongue for her betrayal!” Iain held his son in stunned disbelief. “I have no need of the lass,” he returned. “Surely you cannot mean...” “Keep her, or kill her!” FitzSimon declared. “I care not which—only get her the hell out of my sight!” And then he withdrew, ending the discourse, once and for all, leaving Iain and his men to stare after him in shock.”
― Tanya Anne Crosby, The MacKinnon's Bride

“Och, mo cridhe... nighean mo ruin,”
― Tanya Anne Crosby, The MacKinnon's Bride

“There wasn’t a grimace-free expression amongst the faces staring down at Ranald’s body. Between the wolves, the plunge into the lake, his wet blankets, and the roll down the hill, Ranald was, without a doubt, the worse for his wear. Page stood silently amongst the gathered, her face screwing in revulsion at the sight of the body lying so twisted before them. Her guilt was tremendous, for she knew she shared some measure of blame for the poor man’s misfortune. Lord, but her father had always said she could tax a dead man’s soul, and it seemed he was certainly correct, for this particular dead man was about as taxed as a soul could be.”
― Tanya Anne Crosby, The MacKinnon's Bride

“obvious solution, and marveled that no one had”
― Tanya Anne Crosby, The MacKinnon's Bride

“I dinna wish to hear another bluidy word come out o’ her Sassenach mouth!”
― Tanya Anne Crosby, The MacKinnon's Bride