A Highland Inheritance (Highlands Ever After Book 2) by Aileen Adams

Author:Aileen Adams [Adams, Aileen]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2018-09-26T16:00:00+00:00

13

“What about the treasure?”

Colin had mounted his horse, prepared to ride away from Iona’s property, sensing she didn’t want him there, her attention focused on her garden with a frown. What was she thinking? Even more, how could she even think she could stay out here, without shelter, without supplies, without—

“What?” he asked, looking down at Iona as she turned from her garden and stood, facing him, fists cocked on her hips.

“What about the treasure?”

He frowned. The treasure? What was she—och. The legend of treasure buried somewhere on the property. “Ah, lass, that’s just a legend.”

“What if it isn’t?” She gazed into the trees behind the skeleton of the house, eyes narrowed. “It’s supposed to be here somewhere… on my property? So if I found it, it would be mine?”

What was she saying? If she found the treasure… “Aye, it would be yours, but I’ve already told ye, ’tis just a legend. A myth. People have been talking about it since I was a young lad. I think it was Alasdair’s father who told me, and he wasn’t the only one to talk about it. No one’s ever found anything to indicate that there was any truth behind it. Ye ken?”

Iona looked up at him, an eyebrow raised, slowly nodding. “Behind every legend, every story, every myth, there’s usually a grain of truth.”

“I don’t think so, Iona, at least not in this case. Besides, if the McGintys thought there was any truth to it, we would have heard. They would have looked for it as well.”

“How do you know they didn’t?”

He frowned. How indeed? He took a deep breath and let it out, striving for patience, because he certainly didn’t want to put ideas into her head. “For one, neither one of them said anything about it, not even a hint. And while I don’t mean to criticize, or in any way seem to speak ill of the dead, one of them would’ve said something. It was just their way.” He shook his head, wanting to talk her out of this before she seriously contemplated treasure hunting. “Also, if they had found anything, they wouldn’t have… well, they could have fixed the place up a little bit, don’t ye think?”

Iona sighed.

He saw her indecision, arms crossed over her chest now, one slippered foot tapping softly in the dirt of the garden area.

“Have you ever known anyone with a lot of money, Sheriff?”

For a moment, he just stared at her. What brought that up? She flitted from one topic to the next without warning. “No, why?”

“I have. Since I was a young woman, I’ve lived in the house of one relative or another. They all had money. In my experience, those that have money wrap their fists around it so tight that they can barely bring themselves to spend a coin.” She waved a hand as if none of it mattered. “Oh, I’m sure that others with money enjoy spending it on things, vices, and lavish homes or fashion, what have you.

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