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“I hope so. It’ll be quite the challenge to make that possible, even for your brother.”
“True, but don’t forget he’s got a secret weapon.”
She lifted an enquiring eyebrow.
“Victoria,” he said. “My sister-in-law will storm Carlton House, if she has to. The Prince Regent won’t stand a chance once she starts giving him a piece of her mind.”
“But Victoria has never even met her father, has she?”
“She won’t let that stand in her way.”
Her eyes briefly crinkled with laughter. “Still, I think it will take some time and doing.”
“Yes,” he admitted. “In the meantime, we’re off on a grand adventure, are we not? Think of all the fun we’re going to have—you, me, Tira, and Angus. We can go sledding and ice skating in the winter, and Logan said we might even see a moose.”
“That sounds utterly dreadful.” She shook her head. “Nova Scotia, of all places. I used to hate setting foot outside of London, and now I’m off to the colonies.”
He hooked an arm around her neck and pulled her in for a lingering kiss. “You’ll conquer the colonials, just like you conquered the Scots, love.”
“God knows I tried.” Then she placed her hands on his chest and turned serious. “But it doesn’t matter where we go as long as we’re all together. Thank you, my dearest love, for giving my life back to me.”
“Ainsley, you did that when you had the courage to come back to us. You rescued yourself. And in doing so, you rescued me and Tira, too.”
“I love you, Royal Kendrick,” she said in a gruff little voice.
“I love you, Ainsley Kendrick.”
He bent to kiss her again, but stopped when the wind from the stiffening breeze snatched the hat right off her head and whipped it out over the water.
“Drat,” she sighed. “That was a new hat, too.”
“I’ll buy you a better one when we get to Halifax.”
“Yes, I’m sure they’ll haveallthe latest fashions,” she said wryly.
With a laugh, Royal took her arm and steered her toward their cabin. The sun rose at their backs, transforming the water into a sparkling mirror that lit up their way to the future.
