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S M ARA ACKENZIE P ASSIONS GOOFF TTHHEE HOST To Emma, who helps me in so many ways. A big thank you! Contents Prologue The Sorceress strode through the great cathedral, enjoying the sense… 1 One Reynald stood perfectly still. Despite the darkness and the dank… 4 Two Amy felt the prince’s hands drop away from her. He… 15 Three Reynald stood in the antechamber and glowered at the big… 26 Four Reynald looked up. And stared in utter amazement. 38 Five The Ghost was looking back at her, and she could… 47 Six Reynald peered grimly through the arrow slit and saw that… 60 Seven Reynald woke to the sound of a bell. Deep, somber… 71 Eight Amy couldn’t think straight. Did he mean to dedicate the… 81 Nine The dragon stretched, stiffly testing each muscle and sinew. She… 93 Ten While Amy slept, the Ghost made his way down the… 106 Eleven Amy woke suddenly and glared at the illuminated numbers on… 116 Twelve Reynald watched her walk off. He was disppointed that she… 126 Thirteen Amy had barely taken a step into the reception area… 137 Fourteen Reynald was climbing the stairs as Amy was coming down. 145 Fifteen “You again!” 159 Sixteen “Rey!” she shrieked. “There’s something behind us!” 170 Seventeen She was a liar, and she’d lied to him. She wasn’t… 178 Eighteen Amy stood by the bar in her slinky black dress… 190 Nineteen The girl’s name was Morwenna, and she was young and… 202 Twenty Reynald felt a new lightness. As if his body might… 215 Twenty-one Jez answered his door on the third knock. Silently, he… 224 Twenty-two Reynald had always found peace in the castle chapel, and… 233 Twenty-three The mock-battle was to have been held outside in the… 242 Twenty-four Jez had arrived late at the pavilion to watch the… 256 Twenty-five Reynald took the stairs. He knew he had no time… 264 Twenty-six “Where is he? Where’s Jez?” Amy knew she was asking… 277 Twenty-seven Reynald knew where they were. Soaring high above them was… 290 Twenty-eight Amy was desperately shaking her head and waving her arms,… 299 Twenty-nine Nicco returned to his room. He’d spent a pleasant hour… 310 Thirty Amy was right about Coster, but it gave her no… 314 Thirty-one It was Jez who found them. They’d returned to Amy’s… 326 Thirty-two Reynald was feeling dizzy. His head was spinning like that… 332 Thirty-three Amy let out a surprised shriek. The sound was only… 345 Thirty-four Reynald was concentrating so totally that when the light failed,… 353 Epilogue The Sorceress sat quietly. This room was one of her… 370 About the Author Other Books by Sara Mackenzie Cover Copyright About the Publisher Prologue The Sorceress strode through the great cathedral, enjoying the sense of space around her. Incense burned, lowers bloomed, and there was a deep, ancient silence. She smiled, congratulating herself. Everything had gone very well with her past two attempts at improving history, and she hoped for more suc- cess again this time. She entered a white marble chapel bleached by the light of many beeswax candles. The man in re- pose upon his tomb was big—he’d once been called a giant among men—and his powerful arms and chest proclaimed him a warrior. But Reynald de Mortimer had been far more than that. With his white-blond hair and gray, almost 1
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