Chapter Eleven Marina’s plea for help deeply touched him. The discontented feelings with his life that he’d been wrestling with for the past few years had disappeared since he first saw her. Hell, discontent was one word he wouldn’t associate with Marina. His body came alive when he touched her, making him feel energized! Even the strange colors that swirled around her were now flowing around him as if they were melting at his touch. His left hand moved up her arm, as if it had a mind of its own, to thread through the thick braid at her neck. He splayed his fingers against her smooth, pale skin. He heard her slight, quick gasp of breath as he captured her softly parted lips with his own. Once again, the moment their lips connected he felt the familiar explosion deep inside his gut that

