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was a real, actual faery prince, and according to him, he was hers.
Even after the way he treated her this afternoon, she wanted nothing
more than to throw herself into his arms.
She never, ever learned.
“Did you leave a husband behind?” Beck asked. “Do you have
babies who wonder where their mama is?”
All she had to do was say yes, she realized. If she said yes, cried
prettily, and talked about her sweet babies, he might try to get her
home. She could say she had two, a boy and a girl. She could also tell
him about the husband she loved more than life itself.
“No,” she admitted quietly. “I’m alone.”
He seemed confused by the statement and moved to sit beside her.
He pulled the blanket up around her. Beck carefully placed his arm
around her shoulder. “Did your parents die before they could find a
husband for you?”
Meg laughed abruptly at the thought. Her parents couldn’t be in a
room together for more than two minutes before a war broke out.
They hadn’t even attended her wedding, much less tried to advise her
on who to marry. “No. My parents divorced when I was twelve. Mom
remarried roughly six months later. She married the guy she had been
having an affair with. Dad married his secretary, excuse me,
administrative assistant, two months after that. Neither one of them
wanted to deal with a teenage girl, so I got shuffled around. I’d stay
with Mom until she got tired of me, and then I’d get shoved off on
Dad. Casey, his ten-years-older-than-me wife, didn’t like me very
much. They both had new children with their new spouses. Needless
to say, everyone was happy when I left for college. So, to answer your
question, no, they didn’t bother to find me a husband.”
