A Duet in the Dark

By the third night of her captivity in the Blackwood Citadel, the oppressive, subterranean silence had begun to wear down Serena’s formidable mental defenses. She had to concede that Malachi Drake had treated her with aristocratic deference. Her private quarters were maintained like a royal suite; her meals were prepared by an unseen culinary staff and delivered via pneumatic dumbwaiter; and she had complete access to a marble-lined bath and…