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a bursting star in a variety of colors greeted her, but it was the light coming from a room off to the side and the deep, low voices of men that had her feet moving her forward. She slipped silently down the stairs and stopped once she reached the landing. Her heart stopped when she heard the hushed, angry voice of Luca. Moving toward the partially open door, Anna leaned against the frame and looked through the opening.
    “I can’t believe you just left her up there without answering her questions.” Luca paced back and forth, and Anna was struck with a familiar longing. The last time she had seen him was when she was eighteen years old, two years prior. After he’d watched her with his hauntingly piercing green eyes as he leaned against the car, she had never seen him again. Of course Anna never asked where he had gone, but assumed the worst since he had been with her family for so long and then was just not there anymore.
    “I did exactly what you asked of me. May I remind you, brother, that I risked my life getting that girl out for you . ” Brother? He brought his glass to his lips and took a long drink of amber colored liquid as he watched Luca. They were so similar in appearance that she was shocked she’d just now realized they were related, but brothers had somehow not crossed her mind.
    “Arik, I’ve told you how fragile she was. I can only imagine the treatment you delivered.” Luca’s voice was hard and clipped, and Arik ground out his response.
    “I never promised to be something I’m not. I wasn’t cruel to her. I fed her, and left clothing for her. I may not have been forthcoming with answers to her questions, but it isn’t my fucking responsibility to do that, Luca.”
    Luca went back to pacing the room. He speared his hands in his short dark hair and pulled at the strands. “I can’t imagine how frightened she must be.”
    “Why don’t you ask her yourself? She’s standing right outside the door.”
    Anna snapped back and felt her eyes widen. Her pulse raced, and she looked around. What good would running do when she didn’t know where to go? Besides, it was clear these men were not going to harm her. Luca. All she could think about was him, but strangely that was also followed by the thought of Arik in his calm and silent way. The door was pulled open, light spilling out, and she found herself tilting her head back to stare into a face that had haunted her dreams for the past two years.
    “Anna.” Luca said her name almost as if he was in awe. He took a step closer, but Anna was too stunned to move. Having him this close after so long was a sensory overload, and a wave of dizziness washed over her, threatening to consume her sanity. The smell and the sight of him had her feeling faint and excited all in the same breath.
    “You just left.” She had no idea why those words came from her, but it was too late to take them back. She honestly hadn’t meant them to be an accusation, and hoped he didn’t take it as such. He would never know that just the sight of him had always made her feel a semblance of calm and safety. His wide, muscular chest rose and fell as he breathed in, then let it out.
    “Yes.” He took another step, and for the first time in her life, she was touched by a man. It certainly wasn’t anything intimate, just a brush of his thumb along the curve of her cheek, but it had been something she dreamt of for a very long time. Luca placed his hand flat on her cheek, and the warmth and the fact his palm was so big sent butterflies through her belly. “I’m sorry I left you there with them, but it was the only thing I could do to save you.”
    His words confused her, but that might have something to do with the fact she couldn’t think clearly when he touched her. “I don’t understand, Luca.” Staring into his green eyes, Anna knew she could get lost in their emerald depths. It seemed like forever since she had looked into them.
    “I knew if I was going to save you,