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Happiness rushed over Bliss, and she shuddered. She couldn’t wait for Trey to get there. She missed him and would be relieved to have him beside her. They truly were one, and nothing, absolutely nothing could tear them apart.
Trey hurried down the stairs relieved and with a smile on his face ... until he saw what awaited him in the great hall.
He approached his da and brothers with a confident stride. He had no intention of being waylaid. “Whatever you have to say to me, it will wait until morning.”
“No, it won’t,” his da said.
Trey shook his head at Reeve. “You had to say something. You couldn’t wait.”
“Do not blame your brother,” his da said. “Anything that could possibly put the true king in peril cannot wait.”
“How could my situation be perilous to the true king?” Trey asked annoyed.
“We don’t know, but we don’t want to take a chance,” Bryce said. “Tell us what brought you to wed Bliss.”
“Why did you wish to wed me?” Charlotte asked, entering the hall.
“I thought you were sleeping,” Bryce said.
“I woke, and you were gone, so I came looking for you,” she said, “and I’m waiting for an answer.”
“I love you and cannot see life without you,” Bryce answered and held his hand out to her.
Charlotte smiled and took hold of his hand. He quickly wrapped his arms around her and tucked her against him. “Then don’t you think your brother feels the same about Bliss?”
“Why then did he rush into marriage?” Duncan asked. “We all brought the women we love home to wed. Why didn’t he? And by the way, Charlotte, no one is to know of his marriage.”
“What marriage?” Mercy asked on a yawn as she entered the hall.
“Who got married?” Tara asked, following behind Mercy.
“If we’re not all quiet, Mum will be joining us soon,” Reeve said, drawing his wife into his arms as Mercy drifted into Bryce’s outstretched arms.
“Mum’s already here and has been for some time.” Mara stepped out of the shadows. “Did you all think that when I came upon each of you slinking around the keep, I didn’t know something was afoot?”
No one said a word, and Mara marched over to Trey.
“Can this not wait until morning?” Trey asked, but he already knew the answer.
“No,” Mara said sharply. “I think Bliss is a good woman, and I am forever grateful that she saved your life, but to wed her so fast?”
“You are married to Bliss?” Leora screeched, rushing off the stairs and into the room to fall to her knees a few feet from them all. “No! No! You can’t be.”
Trey went over to her and reached down to help her up.
She slapped his hands away. “You don’t know what you’ve done. Now King Kenneth will kill my da.”
Chapter 29
Bliss woke Roan. “I must go back to the keep.”
Roan sat up. “I cannot let you go on your own, and I cannot leave Langward.”
“I will be fine,” she assured him. “The woods will guide me, and my husband needs me. Langward is well on his way to healing. Feed him the brew I have prepared and bring him to the keep when he feels up to traveling. You will need to speak with the MacAlpins about this attack.”
“I do not like your traveling on your own,” Roan said.
“I have done it many times, and at the moment, there is nothing for me to fear. I will be fine.”
