[Alaskan Quest 02] - Under the Northern Lights by Tracie Peterson

Author:Tracie Peterson
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: ebook, book
Publisher: Baker Publishing Group
Published: 2006-07-01T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eighteen

Leah resented the time Jacob spent with Helaina. Watching them now as Jacob helped Helaina to warm herself by the morning fire, Leah knew she would have to figure some way to separate them. Jacob already cared much too deeply for this woman, and Leah knew that Helaina would only hurt him.

She’s a selfish woman who would never stay in Alaska for him, Leah reasoned. I cannot let Jacob fall in love with her. It will be no different than the pain I suffered with Jayce when he didn’t return my love.

Leah tried to imagine how such a rejection would alter Jacob’s sweet nature. He possessed such a strong faith in God that no doubt he would turn to the Lord, but Leah also felt confident that he would sequester himself away from everyone, and she couldn’t bear the thought of losing him that way.

She gathered her things and started repacking John’s sled. He’d gone on ahead of them to hunt. Leah prayed he’d be successful, as her traps had proven less and less fruitful as they’d drawn near the Kotzebue Sound.

‘‘You’re sure quiet this morning,’’ Jacob said, coming to help her take down the tent.

‘‘Well, you aren’t.’’ Leah regretted that her voice held such a snide tone.

‘‘What’s that supposed to mean?’’

Leah stopped and looked across the short distance to where Helaina sat. Leah lowered her voice. ‘‘She’s nothing but trouble, Jacob.’’

‘‘Let me be the judge of that.’’ He pulled up the tent stakes using the end of a small pick.

‘‘But I’m afraid you won’t be a very good judge this time.’’

‘‘You know me to be a cautious man when it comes to dealing with people,’’ Jacob countered. ‘‘You should trust me to be the same this time.’’

‘‘But your heart may not listen to your head.’’

Jacob laughed. ‘‘What makes you think that all my decisions and choices are made with my head?’’

‘‘I suppose that I don’t, but this is one of those times when I think it will be dangerous for you if you let your heart rule. She’s not for you.’’

‘‘I think I’m old enough to decide these matters for myself. I didn’t come to you and tell you that Jayce wasn’t right for you. And I think I would have been well within my rights to do so. After all, I knew the pain he’d caused you all those years and how much it had altered your life.’’

‘‘This is totally different.’’

‘‘Is it really?’’ He pulled out the remaining stake and looked up at her. ‘‘I don’t think it is.’’

Leah walked a short distance from the camp and motioned to her brother. Jacob finally got up and followed her. He shoved his hands into his pockets and waited for Leah to speak.

‘‘Helaina has done nothing but lie to you and me. She’s caused us so much trouble. You cannot let yourself fall for her schemes. You were the one who warned me about her in the first place. Go back in time to those first minutes you met her in Nome.

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