Adam stared at the pictures in front of him, his hands curling into tight fists. So, that was why she had been avoiding any real discussion about what had happened to her after being kidnapped. Because she had been forced into intimacy with this person? Was it? Or was there something else she hadn't told him? But then, if she had truly been forced, why hadn't he sensed even the faintest trace of hatred in her voice when she spoke about that man?
Even though she had said that she intended to use this Cadence person to deal with Marianne, there had been no sign of fear or concern in her manner. Instead, it had felt to Adam as though she regarded the man with a strange sort of familiarity—almost as if she considered him a close friend. And that, to Adam, was still acceptable. He could live with that. But this…
