by Aileen Adams
“There is nothing to forgive,” she assured him, smiling through the tears which had begun to fall in earnest.
He loved her. Of all the strange, unpredictable turns her life could have taken, this was one she would never have imagined in a million guesses.
For she never knew such complete joy was possible.
“You will marry me, then?” he asked.
“Yes, I will.”
His hands dropped to her shoulders, so he might pull her closer, his lips finally meeting hers as she had dreamed they would.
His kiss was just as sweet as she had hoped—sweeter, even, because there was love behind it. Love, and the promise of a life together. She was certain her heart would burst.
“You’ve finally done it, then?” Rodric called out from where he and the others had stopped. “It took ye long enough!”
“You’re one to talk,” Brice grumbled, wrapping Alana in a warm embrace.
“Welcome to our family,” Rodric smiled with genuine affection. “I know Padraig will be glad to have ye, and woe to any who think they can do ye harm.”
They would spend the winter in the Anderson house, then, and work to build a life together as Caitlin and Rodric had. If the two of them could be happy, there was no reason Alana could not be happy with her husband.
“Thank ye,” she whispered, reaching up on tiptoe to kiss him again.
“For what?”
There was so much to thank him for. So many ways in which he had changed her life. He’d shown her love, shown her there were men who would stand up for those in need of friendship or protection. He had spared her a life of misery, of heartache.
She would spend the rest of her life thanking him for that and so much more.
There was only one simple way to express it. “For saving me.”
I hope you enjoyed A Warrior’s Soul!
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