All Chapters of The Sterling Vow : Chapter 1 - Chapter 7

"She needs absolute bed rest.""I do not care about the medical cost. Put everything on my private account. Make sure she gets the best care available."Alec stood at the edge of the white curtain in the field medical tent, his forehead covered with clean white bandages. His chest was sore, but his eyes were sharp, dark, and fixed entirely on the small hospital bed.Sienna looked tiny under the heavy blankets. Her face was pale as paper, her lips dry and cracked. The baggy work clothes she always wore on the site had been cut away, replaced by a simple hospital gown that rested loosely on her shoulders.Alec walked closer, his boots clicking softly on the floor. The three surviving workers she had dragged out before going back for Alec stood near the end of the bed, their faces bruised, their hands shaking with nervous energy."You saved every single one of us, young lady," Miller, the oldest worker, said, his voice cracking with emotion. "The doctors told us you pulled three of us ou

"Take that bag off your shoulder."Alec kicked the heavy cabin door shut. The brass lock clicked into the frame."Where are we going right now?""We are forty minutes from my family estate. Drop the canvas bag on the floor."Sienna stayed near the small round table bolted to the wooden deck. She clutched the rough strap with both hands."You said we were just traveling to the island.""I said we had business to finish before the boat touches the pier."Alec tossed his suit jacket onto the leather couch. He pulled his silver cufflinks free and set them on the desk."Why are you taking off your clothes?""You stood in front of the magistrate two hours ago, Sienna. You signed your name on the state paper.""I signed because you told me to.""You signed because you asked for a baby in exchange for four lives. Do you think babies arrive by mail?"Sienna backed up until her hips hit the wooden dresser."Not like this. Not on a moving boat in the middle of the sea.""Once we hit that dock, f

"Why did you not stop him at the site clinic?"Julian set his water glass down on Alec's mahogany desk with a sharp, echoing crack."Nobody stops me from doing anything, Julian. You know that better than anyone on this island."Alec stood behind his heavy desk inside the north study. He had already showered, washed the black soot from his neck, and changed into a clean dark blue dress shirt. The white medical tape on his forehead was clean, but his face was rigid and exhausted."Genevieve has been calling my mobile phone every ten minutes since noon," Julian said, pacing across the hardwood floor. "She thinks you are meeting her at the south landing pad with flowers.""Let her think what she wants. The engagement is finished.""Our deep-water port permits are tied to her father's signatures, Alec. Do you understand how state politics operate?""Richard Mayor needs our shipping infrastructure just as much as we need his municipal approvals. He will not pull the port agreements.""He wi