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“What?”
“That our marriage vows are sealed and cannot be broken. You are my wife and will remain my wife.”
“Are you sure that is what you wish?”
“Like your knowing that you never doubt, this is my knowing that holds no doubt,” Trey said, “and what of you? Do you wish to remain my wife?”
She smiled and traced circles on his chest. “I believe our hearts beat as one, and one cannot survive without the other. That is love, and I love you, so the only true answer would be ... aye, I wish to remain your wife.”
He lifted her, and she laughed with joy as he tugged her to lie across him.
A pain suddenly struck her that had her gasping for breath.
“Bliss,” Trey cried out, fear tugging at him.
She pointed to the water and he had her up in his arms in an instant and hurried to submerge them both.
The warm water worked its magic, relieving the pain, and Bliss grew annoyed with herself. “I am a fool,” she said.
“You are not,” Trey argued. “If anyone is a fool, it is me for not considering your injury.”
“I am healing just fine.”
He scrunched his brow.
“I am,” she insisted. “I need only to perform several healings close to one another, and I will be fine.”
“I distracted you, so it is my fault, and I will not touch you again tonight.”
Her eyes turned wide. “You can’t mean that. You gave me your word.”
“I caused you pain.”
“You will cause me grievous pain if you do not keep your promise,” she said, her eyes shooting daggers at him as her temper flared.
He looked about to laugh.
“Do not dare make fun of what I say. I have looked forward to this time with you, and I will not have the memory spoiled because I suffer a twinge of pain now and again.”
“It was no twinge”—he stopped abruptly—“you looked forward to making love with me?”
“You did not realize that?” she asked, surprised. “I thought it apparent.”
“That we were attracted to each other was definitely apparent, but that you actually looked forward to making love with me?” He grinned. “I but hoped.”
She gave him a playful poke in the chest. “You tease me. You knew.”
“Perhaps, though it was nice to hear it, to know that I was in your thoughts as much as you were in mine.”
“That, I’m afraid, will only escalate. The closer we grow, the more easily it is for me to know your thoughts.”
“I’m finding the same,” he said.
“What, then, am I thinking,” she challenged with a smile.
He nipped playfully along her bottom lip before kissing her senseless.
“Exactly what I was thinking,” she said after her senses returned.
