by Tara Grayce
He cupped her cheek with a gentle hand. “Please stay. Tonight.”
“Nightmares?” It wouldn’t be surprising. She probably would have a few nightmares of her own. With everything that had happened since the battle, she hadn’t had a chance to process that fight.
“Yes.” Farrendel’s eyes searched Essie’s face. Maybe he could read the traces the battle had left there.
For now, she had tonight. She stood on her tiptoes and kissed him.
He returned her kiss, his fingers easing into her hair, sending tingles down her back.
There would be no wounds to cut this kiss short. No conversations that needed to be finished. War was coming. There were traitors in both his kingdom and hers. Whatever else the future would hold, she wanted to face it with no regrets.
Time was precious. Maybe it was a human way of thinking about it, but Farrendel was no more guaranteed a long life than she was. Warrior that he was, he would be right there in the center of the battlefield when this war came.
They had two days. Essie didn’t plan to waste a single moment.
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Thank you to everyone who made this release possible! To my writer friends, especially Molly, Morgan, Sarah, and Savannah for sharing my excitement for this book. To my dad for loving this book even if it is a romance. To my sisters-in-law Alyssa and Abby for adoring Essie and Farrendel. To my proofreaders Tom, for reading this even if it is a kissing book, Mindy, and Heather, thanks so much for stepping up and getting this done on short notice!
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