The Final Omen: Second Sight Book Four (18 page)

With each step in their relationship she had doubts. But it was becoming apparent the apprehensive feelings were never truly hers. She’d relied on outside forces to dictate her happiness. When she was dying and saw Jared one last time before passing out, she had a moment of clarity. She was his forever and he was hers. “Of course, I’ll marry you.”

He grinned and slipped the ring he held in his hand onto her finger. The ring was gorgeous: Two small pave diamonds set to showcase a larger, pear shaped diamond in the center. The band was solid platinum and the ring sparkled as it rested on her finger.

Jared’s voice was choked with emotion. “My parents were young when they died and didn’t leave much behind. This is the engagement ring my father used to propose to my mother.” He cleared his throat and continued, “If you hate it, I totally understand and we could pick out something new that’s not from the 1980s. But I wanted to give you a piece of jewelry that means the world to me.”

She grabbed his face in her hands. “I love it, Jared. It’s amazing.”

He moved in for a kiss and she brought her lips to his. She put her whole heart into the kiss to reassure him he’d always have her no matter what. He was strong when he needed to be, but she’d seen him vulnerable and understood how much it must have taken for him to give her a memento from someone he’d loved and lost.

When they broke apart from the kiss, he said, “We’re not done yet. Remember I said you have two presents.” She pulled her eyebrows together as he went into the inside pockets of his jacket. He pulled out several papers stapled together and handed them over to her. “I booked us a trip to Hawaii. I promised once you were safe, we’d go away.”

“Jared, this is too much. I was kidding about the Hawaii thing; we don’t have to do anything so elaborate…”

“It’s for both of us.” He sucked in his lower lip and she giggled as she noticed his nervousness had returned. “You said once that the big wedding thing wasn’t for you and an island wedding was more your style. So, I was thinking we could go to Hawaii for a vacation or we could…”

“Get married there,” she finished for him in a breathless rush. “Really?”

“Yes, but only if it’s something you still want. We could have a big wedding here instead. I’m fine either way as long as the story ends with me calling you my wife.”

It was an easy answer and she didn’t hesitate. “Let’s do it,” she enthused. “But we have to invite my mom and Aunt Lizzie. And we’ll ask my dad, Julie and Declan, too.”

He burst out laughing at her passion. “We can invite whoever you want. As long as I get you alone for our wedding night.”

She kissed him again and felt her heart flutter wildly inside her chest. Her heart sang as she imagined a future as Kate Corbett. She trusted in their love and no longer believed fate had damned them to a lifetime of misery. Destinies were malleable and involved a series of forks in the roads. She may have taken a few wrong turns along the way, but she reached the destination with her love by her side.

The End

About the Author

Heather Topham Wood’s obsession with novels began in childhood while growing up in a shore town in New Jersey. Writing since her teens, she recently returned to penning novels after a successful career as a freelance writer. She’s the author of the paranormal romance
Second Sight
series and the standalone
The Disappearing Girl.

Heather graduated from the College of New Jersey in 2005 and holds a bachelor’s degree in English. Her freelance work has appeared in publications such as
USA Today
, Livestrong.com,
Outlook by the Bay
and
Step in Style
magazine. She resides in Trenton, New Jersey with her husband and two sons. Besides writing, Heather is a pop culture fanatic and has an obsession with supernatural novels and TV shows.

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