Raised by a foster family, Jeb is an orphan who remains tormented by the traumatic murder of his parents when he was a child. He is treated well by his foster mother, Mrs. Callum, and her daughter, Thor, but he and foster brother Adam have a tense relationship. When Jeb is shot at while riding his horse, he blames Adam, but Mrs. Callum knows that, in fact, it's another member of the Callum clan who is out to get him.