The Tiger Prince by Iris Johansen

Author:Iris Johansen
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Man-woman relationships, Scotland, General, Romance, Historical, Fiction, Love stories
ISBN: 9780553299687
Publisher: Random House Digital, Inc.
Published: 1992-12-01T06:00:00+00:00

Li Sung knocked on the door of Jane's cottage only moments after she arrived back at the mill site.

"What's wrong?" he asked when he saw her face as she opened the door. "Ian?"

Blast it, she had known Li Sung would notice her discomposure and that was the reason she had gone to the cottage instead of directly to the mill. She shook her head. "He's no worse." She saw the envelope in his hand. "For me?"

"It came right after you left. I thought you would want to see it right away." He handed her the envelope. "It's from Lancashire."

Hope leapt as she eagerly tore open the letter. Dear heaven, let the answer be yes. She needed good news today. Bitter disappointment flooded through her as she scanned the brief note.

"Another refusal?" Li Sung's gaze was on her face.

"Yes." She folded the letter and stuffed the letter back in the envelope. "It seems my services aren't needed by the Lancashire railroad."

"That's all they said?"

"Oh no." She smiled crookedly. "Mr. Radkins suggests I occupy myself in more genteel pursuits and forget this foolishness of trying to involve myself in masculine endeavors."

"He is the fool," Li Sung said.

"Well, it appears the world is full of fools. This is the fifth refusal I've received in the last six months." She tossed the envelope on the table. The rejection was a blow she hadn't needed when she was already feeling this sense of panic and uncertainty. "I suppose I should have expected it. The most incompetent of men are perceived as better than a woman."

"We could go back to America," Li Sung suggested. "Perhaps they would be more open than these British."

"That's too far away. I need to be in Scotland or, at least, England, in case Ian needs me."

He shook his head. "I have never understood this guilt you feel for lan's injury."

She had been tempted during the last three years to tell him the reason, but now she was glad she had not. She did not need to cope with a bristling, defensive Li Sung as well as Ruel.

"Why?" Li Sung asked. "The accident was no one's fault."

How she wished that were true, that she was as free of guilt as Li Sung thought. God in heaven, she was weary of shouldering the knowledge that Ian would be strong and well if she had not blinded herself to what Patrick might do. But she had no choice but to shoulder it when every time she saw Ian her guilt was there before her in all its heartwrenching tragedy.

"I like Ian. Naturally, I wish to do all I can for him." She abruptly turned away and snatched up her tartan shawl from the chair and moved toward the door. "I feel like a walk. Are you coming with me?"

He shook his head as he limped toward his horse. "My leg has taken enough punishment for one day, and you seem more in the mood for running away than walking. I'm going back to the castle and will see you tomorrow morning.

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