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Chapters (59)
  1. COVER
  2. ROSEMARY ROGERS
  3. DEDICATION
  4. THE BEGINNING
  5. 1
  6. 2
  7. 3
  8. 4
  9. 5
  10. 6
  11. NEW ORLEANS
  12. 7
  13. 8
  14. 9
  15. 10
  16. 11
  17. 12
  18. MEXICO
  19. 13
  20. 14
  21. 15
  22. 16
  23. 17
  24. 18
  25. 19
  26. 20
  27. 21
  28. LA CORTESANA
  29. 22
  30. 23
  31. 24
  32. 25
  33. 26
  34. 27
  35. 28
  36. 29
  37. 30
  38. 31
  39. 32
  40. 33
  41. 34
  42. 35
  43. 36
  44. 37
  45. 38
  46. THE JOURNEY
  47. 39
  48. 40
  49. 41
  50. THE DESTINATION
  51. 42
  52. TURNING POINTS
  53. 43
  54. 44
  55. 45
  56. 46
  57. THE PROMISE
  58. Epilogue
  59. COPYRIGHT

Luna stood behind her, elegant and saturnine, his handsome face a mask to hide his cruelty. But he was not facing her and Bishop, his back turned to them as he looked toward the front of the room. His frame vibrated with an intensity that was so thick it was almost palpable. She recoiled slightly, fear coursing through her veins though she knew he could not hurt her here, not in front of Bishop and the crowded palace.

Yet her heart pounded painfully against her rib cage, and she felt Bishop stiffen beside her as Luna took a step to one side, his hand sliding beneath the edge of his black coat as if to draw a weapon. Ginny had the wild thought that Luna meant to force her to go with him after all, that she would not escape him…

“No!” she hissed between her teeth, and felt rather than saw Bishop’s swift glance at her. “I will not allow him to take me again!”

The walls seemed to shrink around her and the world closed in. The cacophony of noise escalated and receded in a blur of indecipherable noise and words so that she was only vaguely aware of Bishop reaching out for her, of his restraining hand on her arm. She shook it off, the urge to flee so strong and intense that she felt like a wild animal backed into a cage. Ginny moved swiftly to one side.

“Señora Alvarado,” Bishop said in a warning tone, and she gave him a blindly panicked glance. His eyes were colorless, his tone unruffled, but the warning punctured her brief panic and she paused.

And then, somehow, she knew. Steve Morgan was there in the president’s palace.

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It was, Steve thought with a trace of irony, a reminder of all the other times he’d found his wife on the arm of another man. But that she was here tonight with Rafael Luna was infuriating—and dangerous. Damn Ginny!

When he arrived, he had seen them across the room, a group of men leering at Ginny while Luna caressed her. She had not seemed to mind, but stood docilely under his touch as if slightly bored, like a jaded Jezebel. It should have reassured him, but somehow it hadn’t. Like a cat, she always seemed to land on her feet. Didn’t he know that?

He had gone through three horses to get from the mine to Mexico City, riding as fast as he could, certain Ginny was in danger. Now he found her at a dress ball for the new president, wearing a smile and drinking champagne. He had thought…Ah, hell, it didn’t matter what he’d thought.