ANEIRA "Oh, Narra. I'm sure you were shocked when you saw me last night, weren't you?" Amari chuckled as she circled me in the sitting room. "It must come as a shock that the same man who chased me from his house because I laid my hand on you is the same man who kissed me in front of you and told me not to mind your presence." She laughed, and I could tell that she couldn't imagine greater joy than seeing me scrub the floors and attend to her every need while Rafael pampered her, despite his act of protecting me when she and Polly attacked me. The betrayal in his eyes when he told me she would spend the night felt like the cherry on top after everything he had done to me. I thought I had misjudged him until he murdered my father and Chris right in front of me. Then he brought

