Gideon Croft had vowed this would be his last assignment for the Crown, but now that he's been shot and left to die in a cave in Devonshire, he knows his vow is about to come true, and not in the way he expected. What troubles him most is dying before he can take down the vicious rebels plotting against the royal family. What he does not expect is to be rescued and nursed back to health by Lady Genalynn Winthrop. Her family is at the heart of the conspiracy he was sent here to destroy, so why is she helping him? Can he protect her when they discover her betrayal? Previously published in the Wicked Liaison anthology