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CHAPTER ONE

IT WAS THE sound of shattering glass that woke her

Audra shot bolt upright in bed, heart pounding, praying that the sound had been a part of one of her frequent night deep down in her bones—in all the places where she knew such things were real—that it wasn’t

A thu dropped to the floor And then a low, jeering voice The sound of cupboard doors opening and closing

She’d locked all the doors and nstairs! She’d been hyper-vigilant about such things ever since she’d arrived two days ago She glanced at her bedrooht of war it open Anyone could have cliained entry

Slipping out of bed, she grabbed her phone and held it pressed hard against her chest as she crept out into the hallway As the only person in residence in Rupert’s Greek villa, she’d seen no reason to close her bedroom door, which at leastopen now

She’d chosen the bedrooe point she could see a shadow bounce in and out of view fro roo opened and the sound of a glass bottle being set down Thieves were stealing her brother’s le malt whisky?

So in French?

She didn’t catch as said

Someone answered back in Greek

She strained her ears, but could catch no other words Sothere were two of them? She refused to contemplate ould happen if they found her here—a lone wo down a hard knot of fear, she made her way silently down the hallway, away fro—the master bedroom The door made the softest of snicks as she eased it closed In the ht she made out the walk-in wardrobe on the other side of the roo that door behind her, fighting to breathe through the panic that weighed her chest down

She dialled the eency number ‘Please help me,’ she whispered in Greek ‘Please There are intruders in ave the address The operator promised that someone was on the way and would be there in ly calm tones She asked Audra where in the house she was, and if there was anywhere she could hide She told Audra to stay on the line and that helped too