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“Well enough to travel soon?” he asked, his hand gently massaging up and down her back.
She rested her head on his chest, welcoming his soothing touch. “Emma is stronger than she knows and will do anything to see her family kept safe. I would suggest that we leave in the morning, find a safe place to camp, and leave Emma and the babe there, and Ian to watch over them while Peter, you, and I go to fetch Corwin’s wife and son.”
“You have it all planned,” he said on a laugh, “though tell me. Is there a reason that you need to go along?”
She glanced up at him. “I don’t want to be away from you.”
His smile faded as he leaned down to kiss her, a gentle touch of the lips before tasting more deeply. And when done, he said, “Nor I you, but I also want to see you kept safe. If it is not necessary for you to accompany us, then I prefer you remain with Emma and the children.”
“I can’t say it is necessary,” she answered truthfully. “I only know that I have the overpowering need to remain with you.”
He kissed her again though lightly this time. “And I am selfish and want you with me, but—”
She stilled his words with her fingers pressed against his lips. “Let us stay together while we can.”
He gently pushed her hand away and frowned. “What do you meanwhile we can?”
“I don’t know,” she said, feeling as troubled by her words as he did.
He tightened his grip on her. “I will let no one take you from me.”
You can’t stop fate.Her thought sent a chill through her.
“Not even fate,” Trey said, as if he knew her thoughts.
“We stay together then,” she said, trying to convince herself that there was nothing to worry about when she knew that there was.
“We stay together,” Trey confirmed. “You, Peter, and I will settle Emma and the children safely, then go fetch Rona and her son.”
Bliss smiled, pleased and relieved that he had agreed. She had no idea where this need to remain with him had come from. Could it be possible that they would not stay together, and she was beginning to sense their eventual separation?
She hoped not. It might have been only a short time since she had grown accustomed to him, but it seemed that they had become as familiar as longtime friends, talking, trusting, sharing, and... loving.
“How is it that I have fallen so deeply in love with you?” she asked, her eyes going to his.
“I have no answer, for I do not understand myself how easily, willingly, and so unconditionally I have fallen in love with you.”
“I want it to be forever.”
“You obviously worry that it won’t be; therefore, I wonder if you know something and are not telling me.”
“I don’t know, that’s just it,” she said. “I do not know if we are meant to be together forever.”
He grinned and stole a quick kiss before saying, “Iknowthat we are meant to be together forever, so do not worry yourself over it. We have joined as one and will remain so.”
Bliss had to smile; he spoke with such conviction that she could not help but believe his words. “You have a knowing of your own,” she teased.
“Don’t tell anyone,” he whispered, “but I get it from my wife.”
She laughed. “I am not some contagious illness.”
He hugged her close and nuzzled his lips at her neck before whispering in her ear, “You are contagious to my heart, and I’ll have it no other way.”
They kissed then, a hungry, needy kiss that more than stirred their passion.
“When we reach your home, I wish to spend as much time alone in your bedchamber as possible,” she said, her body already deeply aching for him.
“That is a wish I will happily and eagerly grant.”
