Carola Dunn (27 page)

 “So you see,” said Amelia, “the Gypsy woman was quite right about everything, and it was nowhere near as straightforward as you thought.”

 “What do you mean?”

 “The stone ring—that was not a betrothal ring, but Stonehenge. And the white robes were Freddy and the others in their sheets, though I would not precisely describe their antics as a ceremony.”

 Glacial fingers tiptoed down Peter’s spine. He had watched a ceremony. “And the ancient place,” he said quickly in a lamentably hollow tone, “was Stonehenge again, of course, not the church.”

 “Yes,” she agreed, “and my heart’s desire is you.”

 Naturally he had to kiss her again, and the warmth of her soft lips thawed his icy dread. “Let us get married soon,” he begged.

 “If you wish, but I do hope, Peter, that you will stop laughing at me for being superstitious.”

 “Believe me, Amelia,” he promised with utterly convincing fervour, “never again shall a single sceptical word cross my lips!”

Copyrights © 1992, 1998, 1999 and 2001 by Carola Dunn

Originally published by Zebra (Rumplestiltskin in
Once Upon a Time
, 1998), Aladdin's Lamp in
Once Upon a Kiss
, 1999), (The Firebird in
Once Upon a Waltz
, 2001) and Walker & Co. (Superstition in
All Hallows' Eve
, 1992)

Electronically published in 2009 by Belgrave House/Regency Reads

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