Tallchief: The Hunter by Cait London

Author:Cait London [Cait London]
Format: epub
Tags: Fiction, Romance, Wyoming, Westerns, Fiction - Romance, Non-Classifiable, Contemporary, General, Love stories, Romance: Modern, Romance - Contemporary
ISBN: 9780373764198
Publisher: Harlequin Books
Published: 2002-02-15T17:56:33.671000+00:00

Six

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xcitement danced around Elspeth as she hurried to welcome Adam and Jillian into her home. Sybil and Liam were already in Elspeth’s weaving room, seated at the large, rough wooden table. The color skeins of wool, the huge spinning wheel, and shelves of dyes and bags of unspun wool seemed to create the perfect setting for sorting out heritage. Bundles of dried herbs hung from the rafters, scenting the room, while morning slid through the windows to softly drape it in color. Excitement coursed through the usually serene Elspeth as she hurried to her kitchen. “Go right into the weaving room. The tea is in the pot, and I’ll bring your breakfast in here. Alek and Duncan have the children at the old place—I think they’re constructing a super-duper Sam the Truck highway set—Ah, good! You’ve worn the plaid, that was thoughtful on a day like today. So did Liam.” When Adam put his hands on Jillian’s light coat to remove it, she stiffened. He pushed away the surge of anger that she’d been mishandled and he wasn’t on her “trust” list. He pulled it away, aware that Elspeth was watching as she passed with two heaping plates of food. “Jillian was just driving by my place this morning. That’s why she was nice enough to give me a ride on her way over here. Wasn’t that good of her?” he asked, teasing Jillian.

There was nothing sweet or nice in the stare she shot him.

“You’ve always given the truth, and nothing less will serve you now, Adam,” Elspeth said gently.

He removed his plaid and coat and gave it to Sybil’s waiting hands. “I don’t know what you mean,” he said, aware of Jillian’s close look.

“What do you mean, Elspeth?” she asked, looking from Elspeth to Adam and back again.

“He’s bred to keep his honor and his pride and the truth. He’s a Tallchief, and a hunter. He’ll find what he seeks, just as he did this chest,” Elspeth stated with a smile.

“Elspeth the Elegant,” Adam said, teasing her with her childhood name, which he’d learned from her siblings. Then because she seemed oddly a part of him, he bent to kiss her cheek; she gave him a light nudge with her elbow that said she’d grown up with brothers teasing her.

The handcrafted cradle was filled and waiting on the table. Liam shook his head as Adam and Jillian sat next to each other on the bench seats.

“Tea,” Liam stated sharply.

He slid a dark look to the large yellow pot on the table and a meaningful frown to the brew in his cup.

“It won’t hurt you to have tea this morning, Liam. When we were growing up, my brothers attended my tea parties, and since you’ve missed your share then, you can have it now,” Elspeth said, not at all offended after years of her brothers condemning the brew as “hot water over grass.” “It’s a special morning, after all, isn’t it? To resolve the past and look forward to gentler

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