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“And I promise to you that I will send you constant updates and will do my best to not start a war,” I offered.
“I do not worry about you, I worry about me in your absence,” she admitted. “That I will be in adifficultsort of mood.”
I will come back,I reminded her.I will always come back. And there is something I need to do before I leave.
Let me guess, we’re back to the idea about my dress?
Eventually,I promised as I kissed her temple. I momentarily moved her, reaching in my pocket for the ring. As I grabbed the metal band of it, I had to fight off a dozen different emotions at once.
More gifts?She asked as I gently placed the ring in her hand. Her purple magic flared slightly, whether it sensed my own emotions or hers.
As she looked to her palm, all I felt was her surprise.
“If you need more time, please say so.” My inhale was shaky. “My heart is yours. We are two strong heart beats of the same rhythm. Mine calls out to yours, yours to mine. So marry me already.”
Her eyes glistened in the moonlight as I continued. “Marry me. I don’t know how long this mess with Morana will take to clean up, but I know that every day spent without you as my wife is a waste. Plan it for whenever you’d like, but marry me. Don’t make me starve for your touch, our connection. My love for you is only sharpening, becoming more fierce as you finish carving yourself into my heart. So be with me. Let’s not wait for the darkness to leave Dra Skor, let’s chase it out together.”
She let out a laugh before throwing her free arm around me and kissing me soundly.
“Why are you even nervous right now? I’m saying yes.”
I let out a breath. “Because you needed time.”
“I also informed my advisors we would be getting married.”
“So your answer is yes?”
She kissed me again, her voice sounding gritty with her ownemotions. “Yes. A thousand times yes.” She looked me in the eyes.I will burn the shadows themselves until none of them can reach us.
I moved to slide the ring down her finger, the move far more intimate than I could have ever expected. She had walked in with me on her arm tonight, and tomorrow she would be wearing my ring on her finger.
She made a noise which could only be categorized as a squeal while I was doing my best not to lose it entirely.
I’d had the jewelers make this specific stone, one they created which sparkled far more than the other gemstones. It was still a diamond, but specially made. And I’d asked for it to be quite large as I knew how Esta loved her trinkets.
You didn’t lie to me.She turned and wrapped herself around me.You told me on this very balcony what feels like a lifetime ago that if you gave me an engagement ring, it would be far larger.
I was surprised she remembered that moment. We hadn’t been anything to one another when I’d said that. Nothing but pure joy and happiness came chasing down our bond. She was truly surprised but happy with all of this.
So you like it?I asked though I knew the answer.
I love it.
As my lips found hers, I found it odd that despite all that was brewing around us we could have this small pocket of joy.
I didn’t know what tomorrow and the trip to Corsha would bring, but I did know that Esta was going to bemy wife.
CHAPTER 32
The ship caught a breeze which helped our time considerably. We would land in Corsha soon. Before nightfall. Hopefully before we were hit by the storm that we could see building off in the distance. The good news was since we were away from all the extra eyes and using the Wylan ship for this trip, I had been able to fly numerous times this afternoon.
Amory and I were now sitting in a cabin with John, getting our bearings and going over our plan again. It was similar to what our Wylan crew had done before we landed in Dra Skor all those months ago, yet entirely different.
I was again approaching a country which would likely see me as an enemy and a hostile. Yet this time, I knew no matter what Corsha could offer me, I wouldn’t be staying.
Dra Skor had all of me now.
“But again,” Amory was saying, “I do not understand how and why if they receive visions, how they did not see the dead king coming.”
