Gavin hadn’t planned on touching his wife. No, she would be punished for her betrayal, but it was instinctive. He reached out and clutched her against himself as she struggled to reach for the baby she would never see again.

No, there wasn’t a bond, but in the past five minutes, Adelaide had realized her mistake in choosing Gavin over her second marriage. There was no comparison between her husbands and Torris was all she had left to remember Chief Long Knife and the love he had ...