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explain. She’d surmised already that she and Dr. Sandor had never been lovers. She knew, too, that he was an honorable man, or he would never have refused what she’d just offered.
    For some reason that made her happy.
    She risked a glance at the man sitting opposite her.
    Sometime while she’d slept, he’d changed clothes. Now he wore a red turtleneck sweater, the color vivid against the black of his hair and the stubble on hischin. Television’s Adrian Paul, the Highlander, she decided, or perhaps a young Marlon Brando.
    She laughed silently at her choice.
    She wasn’t old enough to have lusted after a young Marlon Brando. Or maybe she was. Her age was one of those things that seemed hazy. The only thing she really remembered was a telephone call, and a man’s voice saying he was a reporter who wanted to come and have a word with her about—
    About what?
    God! She felt a lurch in her stomach, a jolt of pain that for just a moment cut into her like a knife. She sat up straighter and pressed her hand against her chest.
    â€œWhat’s wrong, princess?” He moved his table away and grabbed her as if he thought she was about to run away.
    â€œNothing. I mean, it’s just that I can’t remember. I know something is wrong, but I don’t know what,” she said frantically. “I’ve got to—” Then she forced herself to silence. She didn’t know what she had to do. Her life seemed to have begun when Niko helped her escape from the hospital.
    Hospital? That stopped her. That and the sudden rush of new memories assaulting her mind. She felt the pain and heard the thud of cold asphalt smashing against her skull. There was a squeal of brakes and a car horn. Then—nothing.
    Until the man from the moors came to life and began to talk to her. She knew him. He was her lover. No, he was the lover of the woman in the book, theman and woman she’d dreamed about. What was happening to her? Had she lost her mind?
    She slumped back against the white leather chair and swallowed hard.
    â€œKaren, what’s wrong?”
    Niko took one look at her face and went after his medical bag, where he retrieved his stethoscope. He rubbed its head between his hands until it was warm, then threaded it under the robe until he reached her chest.
    â€œWhat are you doing?” she asked.
    â€œChecking your vital signs. I’m a doctor, remember?”
    Her pulse was erratic. Hell, his own pulse was erratic. Just touching her with a piece of metal sent him into orbit. He took a deep breath and waited. Finally, her heartbeat began to slow. He withdrew his hand and let the scope fall. With his fingertips he closed her eyes, then opened them, studying the reaction of her pupils. Then came her pulse. Everything seemed in order.
    â€œDon’t do that again, princess. I’m trying to help you. You wanted to go to Slade Island. Remember?”
    â€œSlade Island? Yes. But I wanted sunshine and white sand.”
    â€œSorry. What you’re going to get is granite and snow. It’s the middle of the winter. If you’d rather go someplace warm, I’ll see what I can do.”
    â€œNo, I want to go to Slade Island, even if it is a fantasy. I know you aren’t a Gypsy wearing a red satin shirt and riding a white horse with red ribbons in hismane. This isn’t a dream and the island isn’t real, but I want to go there anyway.”
    â€œNo, I don’t have a white horse and I don’t have a red satin shirt either. I did have an earring once, but I don’t wear it anymore.”
    She looked at him curiously, her eyes drawn to the hole in his ear, as if she wasn’t sure she should believe him. “Don’t be afraid, Karen. I won’t let anyone hurt you, I promise.”
    Karen hesitated, then nodded. For the time being she had to trust him. She had no alternative.
    She was relieved when he shifted the conversation to more innocuous