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not think the action was intentional.

She smiled. "You are alive. That is good. We did not think you would make it last night."

"We? Who is

Where exactly am I?

How did I get here?" Questions rolled hoarsely off his tongue in English. The roughness of his voice horrified him. Then he realized he'd understood one language and spoken another in the span of five minutes. Which one was native to him?

His angel reached for his hand in a gesture of comfort. He found her touch soothing to his nerves. "Do you remember nothing about last night?" Her dark eyes searched his face.

Alejandro felt helpless, completely

by his inability to recall the events that led to his current circumstances.

I don't." He paused.

"I didn't even remember my name. I would not know it now if it hadn't been for the people in the doorway shouting it." He admitted the last part begrudgingly, aware of the panic rising in his hoarse voice.

Her thumb traced a line over and over across the back of his hand. Her face took on a look of contemplation at his news. She was silent for a bit, apparently considering the import of what he'd shared. At last she spoke. "You suffered a great tragedy last night," she said slowly,

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weighing each word. "The ship you were on went down not far

the coast and you washed up on

shore fairly quickly. I can only that you

abandoned the ship under your own power and deliberately struck out for the beach before your strength gave out

before

risked

injury

staying on the ship too long."

Alejandro closed his eyes in dismay. Her description triggered nothing. Such an event should have been dominant in his mind. Who wouldn't remember such an ordeal?

She stood up. He felt her weight leave the bed. "Don't

It will come back." She

reassured him, apparently reading his mind, what there was of it. "Rest,

fetch you some hot food

and we can talk some more."

He let his lovely rescuer get to the door before he asked one more question. "What did those people this morning say? They seemed very glad to see me although I didn't recognize them."

Elena gave him a coy smile and a delightful laugh. "They said it was good to see you back in your wife's bed."

Chapter 6

Elena shut the door

behind her to forestall

the flood of questions that statement would bring.

She had heard the servants' comments and now she hurried to the kitchens to discover their source.

She could hear the kitchen noise before she entered it but everyone fell silent upon her arrival.

Elena placed her hands on her hips and fixed everyone with a
firm
stare. "Who spread the news that the man upstairs is Alejandro?"

She already had a fair idea who it was. Only two women had been with her last night and would have had a long time to study the man they'd dragged

the sea. Only one of them

had the nerve to take such a drastic step with such claims.

Anna stepped

wiping her floury

hands on an apron. "I did, Senora. Such good news is meant to be shared. We've all been praying for it."

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Elena nodded. "I thank everyone for their efforts," she said