CHAPTER 19 VIKING Viking woke up with a splitting headache. To an empty bed. The events of the day before came back to him, hitting him like a train wreck. His ring finger lacked a marriage band, but he was a married man now nonetheless. To a woman he hated. Last night he’d gone to bed after drinking a bottle of Jack. Maybe even two, he wasn’t sure. It was either that or f**k his new wife into oblivion. He rolled out of bed and went straight into the shower. He needed to think. A little over a week ago Elena had been his prisoner, and now she was his damn wife. His plans for her hadn’t exactly panned out the way he’d intended. He should probably set some ground rules. He turned off the shower and got out, toweling off as he walked back into his room to get dressed. Still no sign of his

