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Torn because I wanted to please my aunt, I looked Kate’s way. She stared at me with a bemused expression, and I wasn’t sure how to reply.
“Kate and I thought we’d have a quiet dinner together,” I said.
“Ah, you two lovers wish to be alone.” Aunt Finni grinned. “Far be it for me to separate you when you’re so close to wedded bliss.”
“Thank you.” I bowed her way, then held out my hand to Kate. “Shall we?”
We left the castle and strode to one of the waiting flisteer carriages. I supposed we’d eventually send all the flisteers back to the fae realm and ride in internal combustion engine vehicles like humans.
“I don’t remember plans for dinner,” she said. “But the park sounds fun.”
We settled inside the carriage and the creatures took off, soaring into the sky and over the tops of the trees.
The bemused expression hadn’t left her face, but I wasn’t sure how to interpret it. We knew each other much better now, but she was still an amazing mystery to me most of the time.
“Do you have someplace else you’d rather be?” I finally asked.
“That’s a loaded question.” Her chuckle rang out. “I should mention that Rylee gave me the rest of the week off and next week, too. She seemed to think we’ll go on a honeymoon.”
“We will.” I’d been quizzing Vrok about human wedding customs, and he’d mentioned that one, sadly stating he and his former fiancée had cancelled their plans.
A honeymoon might be my only chance to convince Kate we were meant to be together. Once she was pregnant, I worried it would be over. My heart was going to be crushed when she announced it was time for us to divorce, but I hadn’t yet figured out how to keep it from happening.
She shot me a smile. “I didn’t think we’d go anywhere.”
“No honeymoon?” I struggled to get the words out because they didn’t share my true feelings. “My aunt will expect it.” This had nothing to do with my aunt.
Her shoulders dropped. “Oh, yes, we need to make sure we keep up the ruse.”
“Are you having second thoughts?”
“No.” The word popped out. “Not one bit.”
I took her hand. “I . . .” I shook my head. I couldn’t share my growing feelings. I was falling in love with her, and there seemed to be no way to hold it back.
Could I convince her to feel the same? Love wasn’t something you could control, as I’d quickly learned after meeting Kate. She liked me. We had fun together. She found pleasure in my touch.
We could build off that.
The flisteers continued pulling us toward town.
“Where are we going for our honeymoon?” she asked.
“Would it be bad of me to keep it a surprise?” I wanted everything to be perfect, and there was only one place I could think of that would fit.
“I like surprises,” she said with a smile.
The flisteers soared toward the ground, landing lightly, the wheels rolling across the driveway to the B&B.
“You’ll be amazed by this one.”
Chapter17
Kate
The flisteer carriage landed in the driveway, and we got out.
“I can’t wait to operate this amazing machine,” Tylik said, striding over to the SUV and patting it.
