For months, the Laird McAllistair has watched Jane McKellan from afar as she rides near his clan's borders.
With their clans warring, he knows that her father would never accept a suit from him. So when he catches the the man's son trespassing on his land, he makes his neighbor an offer he can't refuse. His son returned safely for his daughter's hand in marriage!
Approx. 4,100 words (16 pages)