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Prologue

We walk by faith, not by sight

The first

On the cusp of becoe Marlowe had questions no one seeranted her wish to accompany her on a trip into Loveland, Colorado to replenish supplies and have work done on the engine of her station wagon It had beenfunny noises for weeks It also happened to be the first tie had left their compound She was hoation and had never been allowed to venture out

There were nearly three hundred e All of whom followed the Lord’s will and the word of the bishop, her father, Gideon Lately, he’d been preaching about te in

Hell’s disciples would come for them in their sleep if they failed

What he didn’t knoas that her oldest brother, Porter, had been sneaking around with another parishioner A married woman in an unholy union

Sage caught theht when she was sent to repent after disobeying her ardens Instead, she chose to tell stories to soer children about fairies and princesses

During that incident, her father had grown so volatile that she feared hian to question everything after that What purpose did she

serve on earth if she couldn’t have the freedom to tell a simple story? Hoas she to follow his rule?

Nearly a week had gone by before the bruising faded and Sage was introduced to a need an was a nice enoughin on forty now

She had a feeling her father intended for her to e wasn’t ready for it She wanted to explore the world, fall in love, find out who she really was

As her e as a ht her eye because of the way he iping his face with the edge of his shirt The skin of his stomach and chest was accentuated with muscles of the likes she’d never seen on a man before

When he lowered theher in a trap only Medusa could extract herself from He looked shocked as she watched him cover himself up When she stepped out of the car after her mother, he left, and she found herself disappointed she wouldn’t be able to speak to him

Lochlan Hogan heard the sputtering engine stall as he wiped the sweat fro under the body of a ‘78 Fairlane installing a new exhaust When he dropped his shirt, a girl with snohite hair and crystal clear blue eyes atching him