Black Raven's Pride by Aimee Thurlo

Author:Aimee Thurlo
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Tags: Romance, Mystery, Harlequin Intrigue, Raven Brothers
ISBN: 9781460303221
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2001-06-01T07:00:00+00:00

“I needed time to think things through. Now that I’m here, I’m not sure how to say what I came to tell you,” Annie admitted after a pause.

Eden’s heart flew to her throat. “Just tell me straight out,” she said, afraid that Annie had already told Jake, and it would only be a matter of hours before Nick also learned the truth.

“I know that Chris is Nick’s son, Eden, but I just can’t imagine why you haven’t told him. He deserves to know.”

“I’ve wanted to tell him many times, but there was always a reason for keeping quiet. When I met Nick in Arizona, when Chris was conceived, Nick was very sure he didn’t want anything to do with a family—his own or anyone else’s. He also swore never to come back to the pueblo, and I knew I had to return.”

“But all that’s changed now, Eden. The proof is that you’re both here.”

“I’ve tried to tell him, Annie, but it’s not easy for me. I want to protect Chris. That’s more important to me than anything else, and I haven’t been able to get past my own memories of what it was like to grow up with a dad who was in law enforcement.”

“But he has to know. It’s his right,” Annie insisted gently.

Eden paused then added, “But it’s more than that. I need to clear my family’s name first. By searching for the missing artifacts and the real thieves, something I intend to do now even more intensely than I have been, I’m taking a huge risk. Although it’s possible that the real thief or thieves are long dead, I suspect their families will go to great lengths to keep the disgrace that has shrouded my family from tainting theirs. Anything can happen. Unless I can prove my parents’ innocence, it’s possible I’ll be framed in some way just like they were, or create even more trouble for myself somehow. I could lose this battle, and if I do, Christopher and I will be banned from the pueblo forever. I don’t want Nick to get caught up in that. I can start a new life with my son, but Nick’s life is here. He’s proud of being a Black Raven. I don’t want to pull him into my world—one filled with dishonor and shame.”

“But, Eden, you have no way of knowing who the real thief’s family is. They may not care, or even be a part of this pueblo anymore.”

“In the letter I was given along with my grandmother’s personal property, she said that the person behind the frame might have been a man nicknamed Tall Shadow.”

Annie inhaled sharply. “That can’t be true. That was a nickname a few of the old-timers gave Paul because he was a man of great influence.”

Eden stared at Annie, now at a loss for words. Nick had never mentioned that, yet he’d helped her knowing about his father’s possible involvement and what it could cost him. Now she understood what he’d meant when he’d spoken of not reaching for something he couldn’t keep.

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