Damian's point of viewI watched her face as I decided how to respond, because that had become, without me fully pretending, one of my favorite habits with the woman I was about to marry in three weeks - to watch the little battle being fought in her features every time she thought she had more control over herself than she actually had."Just tell me," he said finally, in a firmer voice than he expected. Almost challenging me to do it.So I turned the paper around.Adrian Cross.I watched the name land, something flash behind his eyes before he hid it - too late. I had already seen it. Recognition, sharp and immediate, followed by something that uncomfortably resembled fear."Does it ring a bell?" I asked, keeping my voice steady, though something cold had settled in my chest since my investigator's report arrived that morning. I had expected an ex-boyfriend. What I got instead was a name with almost no attached history - no registered family, no public trail before a few years ago,
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