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 Come to the house with me and we ll ask Sinyn for some
spare cash.
Sharon snorted angrily.  You think I m that stupid?
 Yeah, the greedy are usually pretty dumb. You know, I may
be preggers but I m not taking any shit from you.
 I could quite easily kill you for that. Sharon made a move
toward Izzy.
 It doesn t look like you ve eaten in a week. You look like a
mess and you smell. The only threat you are to me is as a pollutant.
 I m going to enjoy killing you and your bastard child.
 As I m going to enjoy killing you, dear wife, Anthony
interjected appearing beside them.
 What the fuck? This was the last thing Izzy expected.
 You re supposed to be dead.
 Surprise, he said, his eyes narrowed and locked on his wife.
Sharon backed away from him.  Anthony, I er 
 That s right. I m not dead, you bitch. He rounded on her.
 That poison knocked me out and made me groggy but as soon as the
car hit the water I woke up.
 I can explain&  Sharon began.
 I doubt it. Anthony punched his wife in the face. She hit the
ground, smashing her head against a rock.
Up until that moment, Izzy had been paralyzed with surprise
 Bloody hell! She looked down at Sharon. There was no movement
from her.  I think you killed her.
Anthony yelled down at the body on the ground.  See I can do
something right. He straightened up and turned to Izzy.  Now for
you. I m not going to kill you yet. You re a bargaining chip. My
cousin loves you. I ve been watching you together. He s besotted.
Then there s the kid. You re too useful to kill yet.
Talk about good news and bad news. There was a threat, but
also the hope a miracle would happen and she could get free of
Anthony.
 What do you plan to do? Izzy was more worried about what
he would do to an unsuspecting Sinyn than herself.
 There s an old cave up in the mountains I used to visit as a
boy. I m going to stick you up there for a while and make my cousin
crazy with worry trying to find you. He ll think Sharon is to blame.
Then, when he can t take it anymore, I ll drop by as a surprise for
Sinyn and ask for so much ransom money it will bankrupt the island.
 Don t you care about the people? I thought it was your
heritage.
Anthony glared at Izzy.  Inis Daire never cared for me. It was
always Sinyn they loved. He grabbed her arm.  Now, come with me
willingly or I ll make you regret pushing me.
* * * *
Izzy had once heard that St Patrick had driven all the snakes
out of Ireland.  I just hope they didn t set up home on Inis Daire, she
muttered to herself as she looked around the cave Anthony had
dumped her in. She was tied to a large bolder and sitting on hard,
damp ground. As caves went, it was what Izzy imagined. Dark, dank,
and with strange noises she choose not to think about. She had been
sitting there for what seemed like hours since Anthony left. Her ass
ached and her wrists were bloody and sore from trying to free herself.
She expected Sinyn would be frantic. Would Old Katie know where
she was? Did her vision extend to seeing through rock? Izzy
concentrated all her thoughts on Sinyn, willing him to come to her.
* * * *
 She s in a cave, Old Katie told Sinyn back at the house.
He paced madly, a million plans and worries running through
his head. I need to find Izzy. Nothing else mattered.  There are
hundreds of caves in those hills. The ancient ones had first set up
home in them when they left the mainland of Ireland. He knew the
location of a lot of them but not all.  Are you sure it was Anthony? I
thought you said he was dead.
 I said he was gone.
 Right. That was the thing about Old Katie. She said what
she saw. Sinyn had jumped to the conclusion about his cousin s
death.
 Isadora will be fine. She is tough and smart.
Yes she is. It was the one thing he held on to.  It s going to
get cold soon.
 She and the babe will survive, Prince.
Sinyn believed that. Their beginning had been too
serendipitous to end badly.
 Yes, they will as long as you do what I say. Anthony walked
into the room.
Sinyn looked at his cousin. He was a mess. Anthony was
covered in bruises, cuts, and filth.  If you have hurt Izzy 
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