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Then so kind she screamed.
“I think I’m ready for the next adventure,” Melody said one night, when they had been married for five glorious years.
“You may have any adventure you like,” Griffin told her with that gallantry that made her smile. And call himGaston. “You already have.”
They spent the bulk of their time dutifully representing the interests of the crown. They were mindful of their responsibilities. But they also took long, significant breaks, where they pleased no one at all but themselves.
Melody had wanted to explore the world, and he had taken her wherever she wished to go. They had jumped from planes, hiked up mountains, swum with dolphins. Griffin had lived more since he’d met Melody than the whole of his previous life.
The longer they stayed together, the deeper and better it got.
“I hope you mean that,” Melody said then. They lay in their bed, the soft Aegean breezes playing over their naked skin.
She nestled against him. Then smiled.
With an innocence that struck fear into his heart.
Because whatever else his beautiful Princess was, a secret ninja or a wildly creative lover, she was never innocent.
“Tell me what you want and I will give it to you,” he declared.
“You already have,” Melody said quietly. “And in about seven months, you can meet him yourself.”
Griffin thought that his heart could never beat that hard again. That he could never love more than he already did.
He kept thinking it, and he was always wrong.
As Melody proved twice more. Two perfect princes and one remarkable princess filled this house of ghosts with laughter, bloodcurdling screams, and joy.
So much joy, it hurt.
You missed all this, Mother, Griffin thought years later.
All three children had been settled into their beds, some with tears and some with grace. And his wife appeared before him on her soundless, careful feet, her hair the way he loved it, wild all around her.
Fifteen years had passed since the day he’d carried her here from the reception rooms where the local ladies had long since learned not to poke at Princess Melody. Since the day they’d stopped being two and had become one, at last.
Since the day their true marriage had begun, and changed everything.
“I hope you locked them in,” he said, grinning as she came to him. “Hellions.”
“There is no point. It would work for one night only, and then Fen would teach them all how to break out. But I’ve thrown the bolt onourdoor, never fear.”
“My beautiful, perfect wife.” Griffin gathered her to him, holding her in his arms. “My Princess. What would I have done if I’d never found you? Who would I be?”
“Let’s never find out,” Melody said.
Then she wrapped herself around him, making that same, sweet fire burn bright between them, the way it always did.
And always would, hot enough to propel them straight on into forever.
Over and over again.
