by Brynn Paulin
Their harsh breathing echoed in the room, sweat covering their bodies as she sank into the mattress. Alec sank over her. His arms wrapped around her, holding her in his uncompromising embrace.
“Alec?” she asked when she finally found her voice.
“Yes, love?”
“You do love me. Not—”
“Not Emma, Emily. You.”
“I promise I won’t ask again. I know I’m part of her…or rather she’s a part of me. She’s been searching for her happily ever after, just as I have. I think she always knew she’d find it. Funny, I never believed I would. Her soul is my soul…I understand that now. But that doesn’t make me her. I can’t step back into her life and make everything alright.”
“Love, I would never want you to do that. I once loved Emma through memories but memories cannot compete with you—you, flesh and blood, with all your talents and fears and dreams. In the time we’ve been together, you completely invaded me. Heart and soul.”
“Alec…”
“I want to read all of your books, by the way. I want to read Eternity. Ailig and Emma deserve a good ending. They’ve led my way to you. To you. Emily. I love you, Emily. My life felt empty before you…and after you, when you left, it was as if I’d died.”
Tears pricked her eyes. “Will you unfasten at least one of the cuffs? I want to hold you.” Her arm immediately went around him as he unfastened the first cuff, but he pulled free and released the others. She pulled him down on her.
“I do believe Ailig and Emma are finally reunited through us.” She couldn’t explain it…the unity she felt in spirit, yet the separateness that was only her and Alec. His eyes shone with understanding and she knew he comprehended her meaning.
“Through us, but not us,” he said.
She nodded. She pressed her lips to his ear. “I want to ride you, my lord. Like my steed. And I want to love you. Forever.”
“Emily,” he groaned.
“Yes Alec. Yes.”
He rolled so she was over him, and she straddled his hips. His cock pressed to her opening and she sank on to him, finally united with her one true love. Her fingers wrapped around the necklace which lay against her heart, at home where it had always belonged.
She smiled, intuitively knowing what he was thinking.
They’d be together for eternity. It was ordained.
And so the bottle had travelled across the waters, searching for lovers to unite until at long last the two souls rejoined and the necklace once more rested against the heart of the beloved where it would always stay.
About the Author
When it comes to books and movies, Brynn Paulin has one rule: there must be a happy ending. After that one requirement, anything else goes. And it just might in any of her books.
Brynn lives in Michigan with her husband and two children, who love her despite her occasional threats to smite them. They humour her and let her think she's a goddess...as long as she provides homemade chocolate chip cookies on a regular basis. Brynn is president of her local chapter of Romance Writers of America and also hosts a weekly writing critique group. She’s conducted workshops at several writers’ conferences around the country as she enjoys mentoring and meeting new people.
According to Brynn, her writing success can be attributed to 70's music, her local road construction crews, a trusty notebook, and of course, her husband (and willing research subject), AKA Mr. Inspiration.
Email: [email protected]
Brynn loves to hear from readers. You can find her contact information, website and author biography at http://www.total-e-bound.com.
Also by Brynn Paulin
Redemption: Fallen
Redemption: Incubus
Tribute for the Goddess
Circle of Three: Tempting Tamera
Brit Party: Boy Toys
Circle of Three: Phantoms’ Pleasure
Brits in Time: In the Dark
Summer Seductions: Stealing the Bride
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