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Prologue

“I found her,” he said loudly

Souard who’d been standing by the door

“Sir, I am so sorry, I didn’t—”

“The search is over I found her,” River said again

“What are you talking about?” My heart pounded in my ears

“This wo me

I wasn’t sure who he was speaking to anymore, but then I turned and noticed the tent drapes had been pulled open and the line of wo all around outside the tent could see us Maybe I’d drunk too much tequila, but I could have sworn he just said I’d be keeping hiht

I turned to face him “I’m sorry, my name wasn’t on the list I wasn’t even—”

“You’re my pick, Penelope Guzman”

“But I didn’t even sign up for this”

“You didn’t have to” His smile olfish, territorial “I’ to spend ht with you”

“I” I looked around again, at a loss for words I was entirely too inebriated to fully grasp as happening, so I said the first thing that came to mind: “Our families hate each other”

“Tell , but he looked just as ao

There was a glow in his eyes, a glint He still didn’t look nice, but the adrenaline coursing through me was too palpable for me to turn away, to yankwhat I was feeling, I would classify it as exciteht after, the most mysterious, the one I was told to never, ever su out his hand for ently as he watchedthe shiver that slithered downto disownin the pit of my stomach and it was only then that I pulled my hand from his

“What happened, little witch? You remembered who you were?” River chuckled

“I’aze “And I’m not little”

“No, not at all” He looked amused I was annoyed

“Why’d you pick me?”

“Why wouldn’t I?”

“There are a lot of women on the island”