The following morning in London, before the heat of their carriage encounter could be addressed, reality intruded with brutal urgency. At six o'clock, while Aurelia was still tangled in the silk sheets of the guest suite in Mayfair, her phone rang shrilly. The caller ID showed the private satellite number of Captain Edward Moreau—the veteran Corsican master who had commanded Delacroix flagship vessels for over twenty-five years and was her…
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