Flame of fate

the long version

It was years since Alana had seen Conon Mavilis, although she knew he still hated her for having turned down his proposal of marriage. Her reason then had been that she wasn't ready for marriage - so Conon had been humiliated as well as angry when, shortly afterwards, Alana had married someone else. She had had the best of reasons for her action - but Conon had never known of them. Now, in Greece, they had met again, and Conon, smouldering and embittered, was insisting that this time she become his wife. And now he had the power to force her to agree…