Patience Is Their Virtue by Eve Adams

Author:Eve Adams [Adams, Eve]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Romance
ISBN: 9781610348164
Publisher: Siren Publishing
Published: 2011-06-30T14:00:00+00:00

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Adam sank down in the chair behind the large oak desk and rested his hands in front of him as he studied the town council members before him. Judge Ron Arnett, tall, thin, and without a friendly bone in his body, stared at him with sunken-in black eyes. The man made Miles Petty look like a saint in his twisted dealings. Not a month went by in which Adam didn’t have to do or say something to stop the judge from stringing up an innocent man.

And speaking of the devil, Miles sat next to Ron, looking every bit the prim and proper business owner of half of the port’s lumber. Next to him sat Logan Gallagher. He and his brothers owned the other half of the port’s lumber. And, finally, Sheriff Caleb Brock, Port Steele’s law enforcer, sat on the end next to Logan.

“Gentlemen, thank you for coming. If you’ll please take a look at the agenda, we can get started.”

Ron snorted. “We’ll be sure to start once this room is clear.”

Adam hardened his gaze on him. The only other man in the room, aside from the five town council members, was Raven. It pissed him off that anyone thought of his own blood as anything other than respectable. Because he was more respectable than any of the men sitting in the room, including Adam.

But they did have an image to uphold. With a resolved sigh, he set his jaw and settled into his role. “Raven, that is all. You are dismissed.”

“Yes, sir.” Without another word, not even a growl, Raven silently walked out.

“It’s eerie how he moves without sound,” Miles commented in a smooth voice.

“It’s in their blood. Their kind can’t be trusted.” Judge Arnett thinned his lips.

“Mr. Steele trusts him,” the Sheriff said. “That’s good enough for me.”

“Are you suggesting that Raven shouldn’t be trusted simply based on the fact he’s Sioux?” Logan glared at both Ron and Miles. “Are you two really that ignorant?”

Miles laughed at his cousin. “If I wasn’t a gentleman, Logan.”

“But you’re not.”

He lost his smile and set his shoulders as he came close to standing and challenging his larger—and clearly stronger—cousin.

“Gentlemen,” Adam broke in, always the one to keep them all centered. “The topic of my manservant is not on the agenda.”

“Oh, but it is.” Ron held up his copy and pointed at the first item. “See here? I added it myself.”

“You can’t add agenda items,” Logan protested.

“I most certainly can. The item was added prior to calling the meeting to order, and it is on all copies of the agenda.”

The town council argued, Caleb and Logan arguing against it, Miles and Ron arguing for it. Adam held up his hand and the room fell silent. If they didn’t discuss it now, it would just end up on next meeting’s agenda and continue to fester until they did.

“We’ll discuss it under new business. Let’s get on with it.”

They hadn’t even made through old business before Miles had to speak up about Adam’s nuptials.

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