

While tending his wounds, the two get closer and once they reach their destination they manage to act on their attraction. It isn’t a coincidence that Nik has been targeted twice on the trip. She first thinks he has been hurt in the fall but later discovers a bullet wound. Most of the party has gone on ahead but Ailsa sees the accident and goes down to find him. During a thunder storm, Nik and his horse fall down a ravine. During their trip they are set upon by brigands and Nik is shot at. Ailsa wants to pay the ransom and Nik insists that it would be better to try a surprise rescue.Īs the trip goes on, Nik and Ailsa are drawn to each other. The two rescue parties join up on the first night of the trip but can’t decide on the best solution for a rescue. Fortunately, Nik along with his servant Rurik, see them leave and follow. Because his mission was secret, he travels to Castle Leod disguised as a groom.Īisla recognizes that he is the prince right away and tries to get away with a rescue party before he can butt in. When Nik receives the news about the kidnapping he decides he must go and save his beloved Tata Natasha. Ailsa makes plans to take some men and ransom the kidnapped victims. The two would never meet except for the fact that his grandmother was kidnapped while visiting her grandmother. Nikolai Romanovin is the Prince of Oxenburg, in Scotland for a secret diplomatic mission. Lady Ailsa Mackenzie is an Earl’s daughter who runs his Scottish estate, Castle Leod.
