Chapter 57

• Past
• Arthur was inert, with his eyes shut and his head tilted back in surrender, as Viviana sank her teeth into his neck. He did not make a sound, and his body was tense as she marked him with the hickey.
• Yet very slowly something in Arthur began to stir as she ran her lips over his skin. From nothing more than a shadow of memory came the faintest image of his childhood. But gradually, stronger and stronger grew impressions of Valarie.