The knocks came again, calling me away from my reminiscing. I climbed out of bed and put on my robe then padded out of the bedroom to the front door with my mask in hand. When I went to reach for the doorknob, I hesitated.
Who would need to come to the suite right now?
I decided to ask through the door. “Who is it? Is there something wrong?”
There was silence at first, but then a deep male voice spoke from the other side. “Nothing to be alarmed about. We’re doing checks.” His tone was light, and under normal circumstances I’d have opened the door, but nothing about this trip was typical. With all the caution Dane and Elliott had taken by keeping me away from the rest of the people on board, it wouldn’t be right to not be careful. Then again, as one of the ‘kept’ women, would it be expec
