Maja felt the restlessness within her subside as she admired the ring. In the quiet of the bedroom, she couldn’t resist glancing at it again and again.

Though it didn’t send her heart racing, she could at least sleep now.

She turned over and took another peek.

Then turned again for yet another look.

When Ian climbed into bed, he saw her fixated on the ring.

He had finished his nightly routine, scrubbing off the day’s smell of smoke.

With one arm, he enveloped her, preventing her from rolling around the bed any further.

“It’s getting late. Let’s get some shut-eye, okay? We’ve got that appointment with Dr. Herrington tomorrow, remember?” he said softly.

Maja instantly stilled, nestling into his embrace.

“Ian, Dr. Herrington is a really good guy.”

“Uh-huh.”

“He saved me once, and he’s always been so kind.”

“Uh-huh.”

genius too. Did you know he has an

his eyes open at this, staring at the

too much, Maja clamped her mouth

rambling. Dr. Herrington said

“He said he doesn’t?”

“Yeah.”

chuckle escaping

gotten the better of her. Was it because of the ring, was she too

Elated?

still sense that hidden joy after

they look exactly alike, but one has a mole on his earlobe and the

Now, piecing the information together with what Augus had said about BK having two key figures,

were undone by a hypnotized, naive

felt like laughing, pulling

to anyone else. Her slip of the tongue was

up in that emotion, her guard had

hadn’t counted

schemes had unwittingly handed Ian

blunder,

up and kissed

means to wear this ring, Maja? It means

reaching to remove the ring.Books Chapters Are

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