ect it. Six years have passed since that terrible night in the diner, and my life has been an ongoing struggle between my needs and obligati

lis below from the window. The deep, dark tones of luxury-mahogany furniture, soft rugs, and a breathtaki

ed reverie. "So, Wilson, I assume you kn

ort. You mean Emma, right? I've heard. Are yo

ply personal. You see, I have set up Emma for a contract marriage. a clever

met. "Contract marria

lps me to tighten the noose around you even if she thinks it's

ing my amazement, I ask. And why sh

see, Wilson, I find that keeping Emma close accomplishes several things. It guarantees

things have changed. Suddenly in danger are the last six years of my life, whic

sorbed. I chew at her knowing she's back in Las Vegas, caught in a marriage to Henry. The stakes

tly opened Sinclair charity clinic. My head of security, Fra

Sinclair?" Frank pro

check." On Emma Larkin and the twins. I have to know everythi

g glance. I'll start

ring outside my window. Though my ideas are a jumble, a sharp knock a

Sinclair, I have the information you as

onsulting a tiny but respectable company. Matt and Nate, the twins, had been registered in a top priv

was, in fact, a strategy of safeguarding her children and securing her position. The data also

the middle; Emma is back in my life, linked to Henry

e-a quiet café far from the Strip's flash the next day

unquestionably gorgeous, although she seems older and more wor

a approaches. "Thanks

but focused gaze. Wilson is I

r. "I have to find out what is happenin

r, have options. I owed it to Matt and Nate's protection. Wilso

obe, trying to control my feelings. "Becau

was not just about me. Henry assured the lads of a safe fut

." Now that I know, though, I can be hel

tter of hope in her eye

Henry walks in surrounded by two of his guys. His eyes fi

al call," Henry replies, his voice full wit

e; her face turns white. Henry, t

ces incomprehensible. "I advise Wilson, you

e nowhere to be headed. Not unt

s eyes. "Fine. If that is you

mine as Henry and his troops get c

ge. The situation is rapidly getting worse and the stakes are higher than they hav

, I knew you would be arriving crawling back. But

The game has changed and the boundaries separating history from present are erasing. Henry Ca

us: this is only the beginning. The actual fight is still to come