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“Yeah To the castle” Pulling her bag down, she set it on the floor between them, wrapped her arms around his neck, and whispered “Home”

He kissed her sweetly, unable to resist having another taste Grinning, he laughed into her“I can’t wait to get you home,” he whispered into her mouth

“Good,” she whispered, tightening her grip on his hair “Now let’s go so I can show you, in privacy, just how much I love you”

“As you wish” He kissed her one last ti you wish, forever and always”

With her lips and her body pressed against his and her hands in his hair—this was it This hat he’d been waiting for his whole life

Their happy ending

Epilogue

Six months later

Alicia stood in front of the mirror i

n her bedroo at herself ide eyes, parted lips, and so many diaold gown, a diaht red lipstick that stood out in stark contrast against her blonde hair, pale skin, and blue eyes

And, once again, she felt utterly out of place

And she wasn’t even there yet

She stood in an opulent roos, and in the mirror she could see the bed she shared with theher hands on her vanity, she shook her head at the turn her life had taken over the last fewin a s in a legiti alone

It was crazy

Insane