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wild creatures, loath to place a murderer with his victims. I set the rest of the horses to running wildly on their own, their empty wagons clattering behind them, and I turned my wagon for home.”
    “Oh, my God,” Sarah said softly. “That’s horrible.” She dashed a tear off her cheek.
    “It is horrible,” Warren said. “And very sad. Because of the nature of the mission, he wouldn’t have been able to tell those men’s loved ones of their deaths.” Warren understood that women who were carrying sometimes became emotional, but he wanted to let Sarah know she wasn’t alone in those feelings in this instance.
    “The last thing I’ll show you is the letter that accompanied the journal.” Amanda’s face colored again as she handed the paper to Adam. After meeting her gaze for a moment, he opened it and read.
    “It is the curse of men that wisdom comes not when it would be of most benefit, but rather at the end of a life, when its epiphany brings only regrets.
    “I have learned, in these last few years, that I have devoted myself to a cause to which, among my peers, I alone seem to have remained loyal. I portrayed myself a servant of a genteel and honorable society, and I have discovered all that I believed in, in that regard, to have been proven false. For those who have garnered public respect are in fact the most perfidious of creatures, while those reviled openly are complete innocents.
    “I regret, daughter, my failure to claim you as my own when it would have made a difference in your life. Despite the report of the gossipmongers, I know of your virtue and your pursuit of learning and your achievements. I know that you consider yourself a seeker of truth, and although I have no right to claim it, I am proud of you.
    “These words and this gesture may not atone for my sins, but I pray that they will prove a source of solace and fortune. When we took possession of the gold bullion, its true estimated value was in excess of one million dollars. Today, its very existence is doubted by many and claimed to be hidden by yet others. Since the cause for which it was amassed and concealed no longer exists, I see no reason it cannot belong to whomever manages to find it and claim it. Consider it your legacy. Your father, William Everett Gladstone.”
    When Adam set the letter aside, Amanda said, “And that is why I am here. I had hoped that you’d be able to come with me on this treasure hunt.”
    Sarah smiled. “I don’t think that’s possible. But Caleb and Joshua…”
    “As much as a part of me would love to set off, the rest of me has no intention of leaving you for even a day,” Caleb said.
    “I feel the same way,” Joshua said.
    “We’ll go.”
    Adam’s declaration didn’t surprise Warren in the least. Adam looked up at him and he nodded. Then Adam turned back to Amanda.
    “Warren and I will go with you in return for half of the treasure.”

 
     
     
     
     
    Chapter 5
     
    “You’re a Ranger. Don’t you have to…do Ranger things or something?” Amanda’s thoughts whirled at a dizzying speed. “How can you just drop everything and come with me?” In truth, the idea of spending time alone with these two men made her insides flutter. Just thinking about them, just being near them made her skin tingle and her breath catch.
    Amanda possessed a little more knowledge than the average virgin about the intimate goings-on between men and women. Her mother had always been very frank and honest with her, describing not only the actions, but the feelings of attraction and sexual interest. Not being a hypocrite, her mother had never demanded that she stay away from men. In fact, the chances of Amanda making a decent marriage were slim. People had judged her to be exactly like her mother, and that was just how things had always been.
    Amanda had promised herself she would remain a virgin unless and until she met a man who could make her feel those delicious sensations her mother had described to