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“Am I to be your hostage?” She thought of the chest full of money.

“No,” said Jakob.

“Then why do you want me?” she asked, bewildered.

“I don’t want you,” he replied curtly.

Desire caught her breath. His sharp response cut straight through her defenses, hurting her where she was most vulnerable. She knew full well that her most attractive feature was her inheritance—but it was a long time since she’d been reminded of that quite so brutally. It didn’t matter that Jakob was a brigand who’d just escaped from prison. He was still a handsome man who had no doubt enjoyed many beautiful women.

Shamed and humiliated, she turned her face into her shoulder in an instinctive effort to hide her scarred cheek from her abductor.

It was only when Jakob realized she was trying to conceal her scars that he guessed why his brief comment had wounded her so severely. He muttered a soft curse.