Текст книги "Forever And A Day"

Автор книги: Ann Gimpel

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“Ooooh.” She clapped a hand over her mouth. “That would be wonderful. Not the keeping an eye part, but working together. Da is solid. Nothing rattles him.”

“Ja. Garen said as much.” Lars was reluctant to break the mood, but he felt compelled to say, “The work we do is dangerous. Do not forget that part. It is why your father changed careers before. Your mother worried every time he left the house.”

“Dangerous, yes. Sure and it adds a fine edge to living, though. I haven’t felt this alive—ever.” She nodded thoughtfully. “For Mum and Da, I’m guessing they’ll work things out.” She twirled away from him, her skirts billowing, and then waltzed back. When she stopped, she was only inches away. “I’m happy,” she said breathlessly. “So happy it scares me.”

He nodded, feeling suddenly solemn. “I meant every word of our vows, liebchen. Now and always.”

She melted into his arms and twined hers around him. “I haven’t forgotten what you said in bed that night. You told me you’d love me forever and a day, sure and that was when I knew in my heart of hearts I’d marry you.”

“Ja, liebchen, my beloved. I will love you so long as there is breath in my body. When there is not, I will love you still. If that is not forever, I do not know what is.”

She tilted her head back. He closed his mouth over hers. The kiss was tender, sweet, filled with the love coursing through him.

“Och, so that’s where they are,” Christian’s voice boomed. “None of that, you two. You’ll have all your lives to moon over each other.”

“Your da’s right, darlin’.” Leona marched to where they stood. “Just now you’ve guests to attend to.”

Lars straightened and turned Tamara in his arms so she stood by his side. “You heard your kinfolk.” His tone was stern, but he was smiling. “Looks as if we have been remiss.”

“That you have.” Christian fell in next to Lars as the four of them walked back inside the house. “’Tisn’t every day I get a brand new son-in-law. We have toasts to drink, food to share, and tall tales to spin.”

“It is not every day I become part of something this special.” Lars beamed. Gratitude swelled in his chest. “Thank you.”

Christian turned. “For what?”

“The gift of your daughter and the rest of your family.” He met the other man’s gaze. “I was alone for far too long.”

“Sure and you’ll never be alone again.” Christian clapped him on the back.

Leona handed him a glass of champagne and said, “To a long and happy life.”

“I’ll drink to that.” Tamara grinned and picked up a champagne glass of her own.

“Ja. To a long and happy life for us all.” Lars lifted the delicate Waterford crystal flute to his lips and drank.

About the Author

Ann Gimpel is a clinical psychologist, with a Jungian bent. She’s also a mountaineer and vagabond at heart. A lifelong aficionado of the unusual, she began writing speculative fiction a few years back. Since then her short fiction has appeared in a number of webzines, magazines, and anthologies. Her paranormal romance and urban fantasy novels are widely available in e-format and print. When she’s not writing, she’s skiing, hiking, or climbing with her husband and three wolf hybrids.

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