Alecia woke up from sleep, somehow, all the memories came rushing back. It was never a dream. There had been a man who grabbed her, and Ryder had injected something into her -- something that had made her lose the baby.

The tears that filled her eyes now were tears of hopelessness. She would never be happy again, never be free. Never be the girl she used to be.

She remembered all that had happened in the few days after Ryder kidnapped her from her family. They had wanted her to testify in court that Ryder hadn't had someone killed, someone she knew he had killed. To prepare her, or...