Damien Hunt had caught up with her

He was as hard and arrogant as ever and just as devastating. "I intend to marry you," he said, "but you'll never get under my skin again. I won't make that mistake twice."

He had haunted Victoria's dreams since she was little more than a child. He had walked like a god through her world.

But Victoria had spent the last six years trying to put the past behind her. She knew that Damien wasn't interested in her as much as in her inheritance--and she was determined not to succumb to him.