How could Abigail Paston refuse her old friend's request to attend a party with him, especially after all he had done for her since the accident which had finished her career as a concert pianist? But she defintely would have refused if she'd known just what the party was in air of and who would be there. For she might have been in love with Keir Minto once, but now she wanted nothing more to do with him. And it was not just because he had caused her so much heartache when he broke off their engagement, but because he frightended her.