Gunshots waken Ian Tunbridge, an assistant curator of classical antiquities at the British Museum, on his first day on a dig in California. The only way to save his life is to run for it, but luck is not on his side. At least, not until he meets Lucas Arpini, the brash American photographer who seems to have some sort of clue what’s going on. Together, they’re supposed to be the tools in finding an artifact nobody believes is real -- nobody, that is, except Lucas and the man kidnaps them both.<br><br>Ian doesn’t know what to believe. His colleagues are dead, he’s injured, and he has no choice but to put his faith in a gorgeous stranger. Their escape should lead them straight to the police, but when Lucas shows him pieces of the puzzle they were meant to solve, Ian is too intrigued to walk away. He wants to solve the riddle as badly as Lucas does.<br><br>Unfortunately, they aren’t the only ones ...

Riddle Me Wicked

If he was honest with himself, he looked forward to the shift in power. He needed to prove he wasn’t the dead weight holding them back. That had been the true crux of their last argument. Lucas might not have seen it, but Ian had lashed out because of his pent-up fears and stress. He wasn’t accustomed to feeling so helpless, or in handing so much control over to another person. Even when that person was as competent as Lucas Arpini.


Chapter 46