years ago, after a traumatic past, I built a quiet, safe life in Northern California with my son, Leo
powerful man I' d fled-appeared. He knew. They found me. Then, Alexander himself stepped from a b
his. He publicly crashed my wedding, declaring Leo his son and me his wife. He tore apart the
erous orbit? The abandonment, the cold payoff, years of fear-all surged back. What did Senator Sterling,
nt securing my independence and Leo' s future. He hadn' t come to control, but to confess, commit,