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"I can't pro the jewel closer to Mericlou, more awestruck than he had ever seen her "My fate was sealed when I revealed myself to you, but I wanted to be coret it "What I' to say is that …"

"Yes," Mericlou said quietly, in the middle of his sentence

"Excuse me?"

"Yes!"

"Youforward and throwing her ar him over, onto the floor She shed in joyous abandon "Yes! I'll marry you! I'll marry you!"

"Are you absolutely certain, Tulyr?" Aldrec asked, ht "I don't knowhat happened in your house, there are certain to be ot out that erean Alerian model, were created to be compatible with humans only, so we could never have children of our own"

"I don't care about that," Mericlou said with a courageous s you have, or whether or not we could have children, I care even less Anyti, and when the time comes that you have to leave, be it today, too with led playfully "And if ant children soed her shoulders "We'll cross that bridge e cos are pretty much carved in stone," Aldrec said, and then handed her the jewel

"This is a sy love for you," he recited, as if the words ca: 'Love is the blessed flower that never fades, the blossom that lives forever' May my love for you last forever, my sweet Tulyr"

"Maythe jewel, and then leaning forward into a long, loving e the line, their lips found tiful

"Are you ready?" Aldrec at last said, as he began to stand up