He rolled the de Havilland into a steep bank and surveyed the land like a king taking in his domain. New York had been crazy; Beijing, otherworldly; Rio, hedonistic; and Israel, holy, even amid the constant strife. Bryn had once asked him how he knew he was supposed to be in Alaska when he’d neve...
The result was that she was hardly alone after that, giving her the welcome insulation of people from morning until late at night. The only thing that nagged at her was that one of the men at her dining table—or hovering about as she sang with Ben’s accompaniment that evening—could be the one who...
And I had to entirely avoid the winding riverbed and boulder field that left me exposed. I couldn’t risk the guards at Castello Greco spotting me and riding out to find out what I was up to. The border was just a mile distant now, across an ancient creek bed that the Nine had defined as the new d...