Of Midnight Born
Page 30
She turned, smiling, and saw Alex come to the garden gate. He looked more handsome to her now than he had the first time she’d seen him. She didn’t know if it was the deepening of her own feelings that made him look more appealing, or the sparkle that now lit his eyes, even when he wasn’t talking about shooting stars and the vastness of the universe. It was as if he had come back to life after a sojourn in his own purgatory, just as she had.
“Everything’s ready, Mrs. Woding,” he said, coming toward her. “Are you?”
“The question is not if I am ready, Mr. Woding,” she said, taking his hands as he reached her. “The question is, is the world ready for me?”
“God help it if it’s not.”
She laughed and let him lead her toward the garden gate. “I do hope we get to see a pirate while in the Caribbean.”
He groaned and squeezed her hand. At the gate she stopped to take one last look at the garden, with its beds of flowers in bloom.
“We’ll come back,” Alex said.
“I know we will,” she said, turning to him. “I know.”
Author’s Note
Meteor storms such as those described at the beginning and end of this story do indeed occur. In 1833 the Leonid meteor shower was so bright that it woke many of the inhabitants of Rhode Island. It was estimated that 60 meteors per second were visible. At the time, the connection between meteor showers and the paths of comets was unknown, as was the precise nature of falling stars themselves.
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Other books by Lisa Cach:
DREAM OF ME
COME TO ME
DR. YES
GEORGE & THE VIRGIN
A MOTHER’S WAY (anthology)
WISH LIST (anthology)
THE WILDEST SHORE
THE MERMAID OF PENPERRO
BEWITCHING THE BARON
THE CHANGELING BRIDE
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March 2010
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