Katelina shifted in her seat. The plane's engine hummed as the night slipped past outside. After months away, she was relieved to be back in the United States. A lifetime could pass before she'd get on another airplane.

She brushed her blonde hair out of her face and turned to the man beside her. Dark lashes rested on marble-like cheeks. Long black hair fell around his shoulders in a midnight shower. Though he appeared asleep, the silver medallion around his neck rose and ...