Page 67 of Dragon in Denial
“Oh, Ketu.” She blinked rapidly, but the tears welled in her eyes anyway. He swiped them away with his thumbs. “I love you,” she whispered. “So much so that I’ll walk away from my life, my colony, to be with you.”
“I don’t want you to.”
She furrowed her brow. “You don’t want me to what?”
“Leave your life, your colony. Your new position as reeve.”
“Temporary reeve, but anyway, it doesn’t matter. Long-distance affairs aren’t my thing. Now that I know what it’s like to share a bed with you, I want to do it every night, not just once in a while.”
One of the Elders coughed while another snickered.
Ketu chuckled. “That’s good, because I feel the same way.”
“Yeah, but…”
“I’m moving here, Antoinette. Not the other way around. I’m coming home. To be with you. And Henri. And hopefully a couple more dragon babies, at some point in the future.”
Her eyes widened. “You…”
“Love you. Yes.”
“But you…”
“Can’t live without you. Yes.”
She sniffled and rolled her eyes. “What about your life up north? Your colony? They really seem like great people. I hate that you’re walking away from all that.”
He shrugged. “They’re just a flight or a plane ride away. Hell, Rahu will probably visit so often we’ll have to set up a guestroom just for him. Plus, we need to take Henri up there when there’s snow on the ground.
“I’m not walking away from anything. I’m starting my future. With you.”
