Despite the greeting, his attitude was hardly hospitable. Nothing that he was saying made any sense. The man had kidnapped her, yet he did not seem to want her here.
“Asgard Island?” she echoed, searching her memory for all the names of places she had read about, all the places Gerard used to describe when he spoke of his travels. “I have never heard of it.”
Those blue eyes met hers again. “I know.”
Somehow that simple comment was more terrifying than anything else he could have said. “Who are you?” she whispered. “And what do you want with me?”
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First edition published by Avon Books under the title Silver and Sapphires
Copyright © 1993 by Shelly Thacker Meinhardt
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