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Mara’s hand flew to her chest, and her eyes spread wide. “Are you sure?”
Trey smiled. “More sure about it than anything I’ve ever been in my life.”
“What of your love for Leora? You were devastated when you thought her dead. I didn’t think you would ever recover. Now you tell me that, within a few weeks, you have fallen in love with someone else.”
“I cannot explain to you or to myself,” he said. “I hadn’t expected it or planned on it. It just happened.”
“Well, at least you haven’t wed Bliss. It will give you time to see if perhaps you made a mistake and still love Leora.”
He wasn’t about to tell her that Bliss was his wife and would remain his wife. But he did intend to let her know what Bliss meant to him.
“My love for Bliss is not going to change. I am happiest when I am with her and miss her when she isn’t near”—he stood—“which is why I intend to find out where she has gone off to.”
Mara rested her hand to her son’s chest. “Be sure about this, Trey. True love is rare to find, and you don’t want to lose it.”
He took hold of his mum’s hand. “I know, and that’s why I go to look for Bliss.”
She sighed as if in resignation. “You were always a stubborn one.”
“I thought I was the stubborn one,” Reeve said, entering the hall.
Mara laughed. “You do have your moments though your fists usually settle things for you, and since you’re here, help your brother find Bliss.”
“I thought she was in my bedchamber, sleeping.”
“She’s not there,” Trey said.
“Perhaps someone needed healing,” Reeve suggested.
“Then I would have been summoned,” Mara said.
“Well, she couldn’t have just disappeared,” Reeve said.
“Who disappeared?” Bryce asked, Charlotte at his side, as they entered from outside, Odin trotting happily alongside her.
“You’re covered with snow,” Reeve said.
“That’s because it’s snowing out,” Bryce informed him with a grin.
Mara shook her head. “You two wander off at the oddest times.”
“What is that thing?” Trey asked, shaking his head though he didn’t wait for an answer. “By chance, did you happen to see Bliss?”
Charlotte patted the big dog on the head. “This is Odin, my trusty and loving companion. As for Bliss, I saw her walking toward the far end of the village.”
It came to him in an instant, and without a word to his family, he turned and hurried toward the door.
“Where are you going?” Bryce called out.
“Willow’s place,” he answered without looking back.
“I’ll join you,” Reeve offered, coming up behind him.
“The hour grows late.” Trey stopped at the door. “Go see to your wife. I can do this on my own.”
Reeve yanked two fur-lined cloaks off the pegs by the door and tossed one at his brother. “I’m going with you ... just in case. As formywife,I know exactly where she is. She’s sound asleep after being well satisfied.”
“Bryce and Duncan are right, you do need a beating,” Trey said, shoving a laughing Reeve out the door.
