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Authors: Mel Teshco
“And if you have children to this…prince?” her father added.
“They’ll have my husband-to-be’s sweet disposition.” She
grinned up at Reuben. “Goddess help the child if it has mine.”
Her father climbed stiffly from the wagon, his gait jerky as
he approached and came to a standstill before them. “Then as much as it pains
me,” he cleared his throat and added, “I consent to this marriage.”
One or two of the villagers cheered—it was a start. She
smiled, amazed and relieved with the outcome. Her father had taken a huge leap
of faith for her, and she couldn’t be more happy and proud.
She stepped into his arms. “Thank you, Daddy.”
He pulled back, the hardness of his face softening a little
in the flickering torches as he stared down at her. “So now what?” he asked.
She turned to Reuben. “When do you have to return to the
palace?”
“When do
we
have to return to the palace?” he
corrected.
Her smile was wobbly, her stomach fluttery. Everything and
everyone around them faded into the background until it was just Reuben and
herself. “Try keeping me away.”
Reuben’s eyes glimmered. “Try leaving me again.”
Her throat closed, voice coming out in a croak. “Never.”
Reuben’s head lowered, his brow touching hers and his
startlingly red-hued stare seemingly reaching inside her and reading all her
thoughts. “I really do love you.”
Her heart ached, her vision blurring. Right then she was an
open book and she didn’t mind one bit. “And I love you too.”
When they kissed, more cheers broke out behind them before
she and Reuben finally broke apart and stared at each other with big smiles.
“In answer to your question,” Reuben said huskily, “we have
a week.”
Her smile got bigger. “Then I do believe there is a cabin
where we can stay about half a day’s ride away from here.”
Reuben clasped one of her hands and murmured, “I do believe
you’re right.”
Mel Tescho lives in rural Australia with too many animals,
too many children and not enough hours in the day to write!
Her loving husband is in training as a real–life hero and
waits patiently to retire on the success of his wife’s writing.
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Electronic book publication March 2014
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