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“Dare,” she said, happiness making her entire body light up.
“I dare you to marry me and make me the happiest man on earth.”
Jennifer tugged him up and kissed him long and hard, the blanket falling off her shoulders. She didn’t need it anymore. Her clothes might be wet, but she was plenty warm.
“Dare accepted,” she said breathlessly.
He whooped and kissed her again. When he pulled back, he released her for a moment and pulled two absolutely gorgeous rings out of a zippered part of his pants pocket. She recognized one as the queen mother’s ring that William had forced her to wear in the cave. Was this the moment he’d ask her to wear it properly? She’d loved the way he’d looked at her as he’d huskily said that line a few days ago.
“When my mum was alive, I bought this ring.” He held up a beautiful square diamond that sparkled in the autumn sun. “I didn’t plan on you wearing this ring until much later.” He held up the queen’s massive pink-hued round diamond. “I know it’s a lot to ask, but would you wear both for me, love, and would you promise to love and cherish me forever? Jenn … will you marry me?”
“I will,” she said solemnly. She held up her right hand, and he slid the queen’s diamond on her ring finger.
“This ring will always remind us of my mum and your future as queen. It’s a heavy responsibility, but I know you can handle it with grace, beauty, kindness, and faith.”
She drew in a breath. It was heavy, but the ring felt right there. She held up her left hand, and he gently slid the ring he’d bought her on her left ring finger.
“This ring will always remind us of the depth of my love for you and the beauty of our relationship that will soon be sealed for all time.”
Jennifer took a moment to let the significance of wearing both rings seep in. Then she slid her hands up around his neck. “Truth or dare?”
“Truth,” he said.
“Do you love the future queen with every fiber of your being? Is this true love?” She was semi-teasing, but it was terrifying to think of being queen. With Tristan by her side, she could do anything, and with God on their side, they could do all things.
“I do.” He kissed her long and slow and deep. “I love you, Jenn.”
She smiled. “Truth or dare.”
“Dare.” His scars crinkled as he smiled.
“I dare you to kiss me until our food grows cold and our clothes are no longer wet.”
He chuckled. “Dare accepted.” He drew her close, and his lips lit her up from the inside out.
“Oh my, Mr. Crown Prince, what lovely lips you have,” she murmured against his mouth.
“All the better to kiss you with, my dear.”
And kiss her he did. The sun set and Jennifer was still kissing the future king, the love of her life, her Big Bad Wolf. Food would have to wait.
They finally pulled apart and ate a delicious but lukewarm salmon and steak dinner. The roar of an engine announced General Ray himself had come for them. Jennifer and Tristan shared a smile as the general gruffly reminded them Naomi was still at large and their safety had to come first.
Safety was important, but Jennifer’s love for Tristan topped everything. She saw him deeply, and he knew her just as well.
True love would stand the test of time because it was her Big Bad Wolf’s love.
THE POLICE CHIEF AND THE MUSICIAN - 1ST CHAPTER
Chapter One
Livvy Moser, Alivinia to only her mother, listened to twelve-year old Gabby play the closing notes of Rachmaninoff’s Second Piano Concerto with tears in her eyes. Gabby did not have the natural talent of many of Livvy’s students and that made this almost flawless performance in Livvy’s living room all the more beautiful. Gabby had a don’t quit attitude and this child knew how to work hard. She’d taken lessons since she was five, the past two years from Livvy, and she’d overcome her lack of natural intuitiveness and talents, the child couldn’t even hear pitch and had very little rhythm, to succeed as a pianist.
Her student was Livvy’s motivation to do the scariest thing she’d done since Naomi and Treven Rindlesbacher refused to give up on their decade-long quest for her to become Treven’s future wife. When she was seventeen she’d gotten a restraining order against him after he cornered her and told her she would marry him and he’d kill anyone she dated. Her parents recognized he was a depraved psycho and cut ties to the Rindlesbachers. She thought he and his family would realize she’d never marry him.
Instead he tormented her. Throughout her university training and building her portfolio as a musician, she lived in Traverse. When she’d be out running errands, on campus, or walking by the river random men would pass her and whisper, “Treven’s coming.” It was never the same person and she shared description after description with the police but they never found them. She often saw Treven and he’d always keep his distance but smirk and mouth to her, “I’m coming for you.”
Finally about the time she finished at the university Treven was arrested as an accomplice to murder and Livvy achieved her dreams of performing with symphonies all over Europe. She thought not being in Traverse she’d finally be free of Treven. After every show, as they were taking bows and the lights panned the audience’s standing ovation, someone in the crowd would hold up a piece of paper that said,Treven’s Coming. Security only caught a few of the sign holders and the story was always the same—somebody had given them twenty bucks to hold up the sign saying it was for their girlfriend. The description of the person was always different and no positive identification ever made.
