An Auctioned Bride (Highland Heartbeats #4)(65)

Derek gazed at the familiar faces around him, plus the new additions since he had left. Everyone happily married, procreating, beginning new traditions.

“I’ll stay the winter, if you can put up with me that long,” he grinned. “But come spring? I will return to the sea… to my shipping business. Until then, we have some catching up to do, don’t we?”

“Indeed we do, brother,” Hugh clapped his brother on the back. “Indeed we do.”

Phillip, the laird of the Duncan clan, raised his mug of ale. “To the Duncan clan… growing with no signs of slowing down!” he shouted.

“The Duncans!” came the answering roar, followed by laughter.