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Authors: Christine Pope
“I thought it best for you to find out on your own.”
His teeth flashed in the sunlight as he grinned. “I suppose I can see the wisdom in that.” Then a wicked gleam entered his eyes, and I shot him a look of mock alarm.
“My husband, what is it you are planning?”
“You shall see.”
I lifted an eyebrow.
Appearing to relent, he said, “I was just thinking that since I have found wedded bliss, perhaps it is time for Master Merryk to discover those same joys. I think he must be of an age with your grandmother.”
“And I think you must have taken leave of your senses. They would never suit. It would be the irresistible force and the immovable object!”
“Perhaps.” A sly grin touched his mouth. “But it will be highly amusing to watch, don’t you think?”
“‘Amusing’ is one word for it, Phelan Greymount. I would think you would want some peace in your household, after all that you have been through.”
The smile faded, and his expression grew deadly serious. “I have never been much of one for peace. Happiness, on the other hand….” The words trailed away, and he sent me a piercing look, one which awoke a familiar heat in the pit of my belly. “You have made me happy, Bettany. Is it foolish to want those around me to be happy as well?”
“Not at all,” I replied. “It is wonderful.
You
are wonderful.”
He sidled his horse up next to mine, and before I knew precisely what was happening, he had plucked me out of his saddle and deposited me before him. Vaguely I could hear my grandmother gasp, but I paid her reaction little mind. How could I, with Phelan’s arms around me and his voice a fierce growl in my ear as he said, “Promise me it will always be like this.”
“It will,” I said. “Or even better. Always.”
He kissed me then, kissed me in the brilliant sunshine with its promise of brighter days. And I did not care who watched, because I understood more than ever that he was the only one who could make my heart sing like this, could make the blood rush in my veins and warm me all over.
Phelan Greymount kissed me, and I was happy.
The End
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hristine Pope has been writing
stories ever since she commandeered her family’s Smith-Corona typewriter back in the sixth grade. Her work includes paranormal romance, fantasy romance, and science fiction/space opera romance. The Land of Enchantment cast its spell on her while she was researching the Djinn Wars series, and she now makes her home in Santa Fe, New Mexico.
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