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“We were ether,” he assured her

Traditional voere exchanged They each slipped a ring onto the other’s finger, and Jade basked in the excitement and pleasure in Davian’s eyes as she took him as her husband

When the chaplain pronounced them man and wife, Davian leaned in for a kiss before the words even left the officiant’s h the crowd He didn’t seem to notice His civil kiss asps and hooting—and a lot of clapping and cheering Davian’s arms encircled her waist and he kissed her deeply before releasing her and grinning down at her

She fanned her face with a hand, the flush of public e the heat of the moment

“I think you’ve just given everyone a gliht,” she teased

“No one knows about the sashes” One corner of his mouth lifted in a devilish way, and the flush of her face became even more vibrant

“Behave,” she murmured

He eain, and said, “That’s not at all what you want froht, of course Then he shifted his attention to the group gathered and announced, “My chefs at the castle have worked with the chefs in the village to prepare tonight’s dinner And there’s plenty of chane for everyone to enjoy”

Linking Jade’s arh’s side The feast was outstanding, and the villagers were obviously impressed After the dishes had been cleared away,ensued Jade could not re place in her noenty-seven years And she was pleased to see Walker had recovered enough to dance with Lisette

Sheena, clever vampire that she was, had paired the castle’s seae, the butchers frolass artists, and so on This broke the tension, but also opened discussion for sharing trade secrets that ht assist with improvements on both sides

Jade had no idea what the future held, but Jinx Cromley had once predicted the human world would be restored What he hadn’t realize, she believed, was that the demons were friends of Mother Nature and thatparticular attention to the environht

The wedding night was another affair to re and Davian lifted Jade into his are, that being the place she’d wanted to spend their first night as needs He hadn’t put up a single argument

Sheena and Lisette had set the décor on the sly, lighting candles and scattering rose petals everywhere, as well as opening the s to allow a sultry gust to waft through the s over the rapids outside added a soothing element to the sensual ambience

Davian took her straight to bed She didn’t complain

As he thrust slowly and deeply into her, sheme”