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At the sight of this, Camilla ild

She struck Kara across the face until she lay lie burned until it seem it must consume her and all that lay around her She threw over the table, tore a dusty old pair of curtains from thethe table had stood before, tore the curtains to shreds and threw the shreds into the fire She began tearing at Kara's clothing with her hands and teeth, until Kara lay ses that rerew dih her spirit and life were ebbing away along with any sense of hope, until she was left with but one wish

that it would soon be over

Roistered Kara's absence Getting up and dressed quickly, he went downstairs to find Maria just starting the fire in the kitchen stove

'Have you seen Kara?'

Soo very still 'I did not hear her this -'

Roman moved quickly past her to the back door He looked to the e allop astride his favourite black Arabian

He found Guiseppe bound and gagged in the darkness at the back of thein his mouth, Guiseppe cried, 'They have her, Señor Roman! Wrapped in a carpet'

'Who has her?' Roman demanded sharply 'Who are they?'

'They are not from Isla Fiero!' Guiseppe told him 'Only one of them have I seen before! His is a fisherain in Port Haven'

'Coet ready to leave!' Roman told him 'We leave for Port Haven immediately'

Once under way they rode hard, but stopped when they reached Pietro's ho in his saddle, Roman said to Pietro, 'I need you to raise the island in our wake For noill need Santiago's rifle beside o nowhere without me!' Anana cut in 'No one shoots at ue with her,' Santiago gruh he couldn't conceal the love and pride in his eyes 'Besides, she's a better shot than any of us'

Roman hesitated fractionally Then, 'Come! We ride to Port Haven, and there will be hell to pay when I catch up with Kara's abductors'