Total pages in book: 91
Estimated words: 87608 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 438(@200wpm)___ 350(@250wpm)___ 292(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 87608 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 438(@200wpm)___ 350(@250wpm)___ 292(@300wpm)
“You don’t believe any of that, do you?” Mark scoffed, looking at Lorne, expecting a quick response from the man I adored.
“Why wouldn’t he?” Gloria interrupted cheerfully, beaming at everyone. “It’s magic, after all. You have to believe in that.”
Lorne only smiled in response.
“Magic is all around us,” James said, making a sweeping gesture. “And dinner is served.”
On the way home, in Lorne’s Jeep, he gave me a small box.
“What’s this?”
“Maybe you should check inside.”
Flipping open the lid, I was faced with a thick, heavy ring that had clearly been made for me. It looked ancient, rustic, almost raw, with three large diamonds set as though they’d been dropped into molten…
It hit me. “This is iron.”
He grunted. “This way, it’s functional as well as binding.”
My eyes filled quickly. “It’s the most beautiful ring I’ve ever seen.”
“You can punch a fae and hurt them until I get there to save you.”
“That sounds perfect.”
“And?”
“And what?”
“It’s a ring, Xan. I want you to marry me,” he groused, scowling as we stopped at the only traffic light in town.
“Of course I’ll marry you,” I murmured as he took the ring out and slid it onto my finger. I wasn’t surprised it fit perfectly. The man knew things. “We belong together.”
“What else?” he prodded.
I sighed deeply, knowing it was time for the words and dying to say them. “I love you, Lorne MacBain.”
“There it is,” he crowed, driving through the light and then pulling over on the side of the road. He parked, unclipped his seat belt, and reached for me.
The kiss lit me up from the inside out, and I could feel my magic singing in my veins.
“I love you too,” Lorne said, leaning back to look at me. “And we do, more than anything, belong together.”
“Forever.”
“Forever,” Lorne echoed, and slid a hand around the side of my neck to ease me close for another kiss to seal the promise between us.