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Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Chapter 14
Chapter 15
Chapter 16
Chapter 17
Chapter 18
Chapter 19
Chapter 20
Chapter 21
Chapter 22
Chapter 23
Chapter 24
Chapter 25
Also by Andrea Pickens
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Chapter One
Ten years later
The frigid water cut against her skin, sharp and biting as a blade. Gasping for breath, Valencia shook off the pain and forced her limbs to move.Stroke, kick, stroke, kick.The rhythm slowly melted the icy shock and as she fought through the swirling currents, the tension ebbed from her muscles.
Mind over body.It was a lesson learned long ago from an Indian faquir who had taught a special class at her school. Despite its odd name, yoga had proved a powerful force for disciplining both sinew and spirit.
Discipline.Closing her eyes to the sting of the salt, Valencia quickened her pace. As if her former training mattered anymore. But old habits died hard. Every dawn, no matter how rough the seas, she swam across Derrible Bay—a quarter mile out to the jut of rock and a quarter mile back. The physical challenge made her feel whole again?—
Don’t sink into self-pity, she chided herself, slipping through the waves like a sleek seal. The past was the past. Bitter brooding did naught but put her in a black frame of mind for the rest of the day. Better to simply revel in the surge of strength ripplingthrough her naked arms and legs. The daily exercise kept her body as lean and lithe as in the old days.
