There'd been a time when her people had looked upon theirs as gods and they'd expected nothing less than complete adoration and subservience. What began as a determination to bend her to their will, however, became a desperation to protect the woman who'd enthralled them from the consequences of her refusal to behave in a manner acceptable as a slave of the Anunnaki. The will to survive, Emerald discovered, wasn't enough in itself to help her comply...