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Eaze “There will be many more to come I’ll make sure of it”
She had no doubt
“I’lad we finally made it to this place,” she told him “I love you so much”
“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 Darien’s eyes as she took him as her husband
When the chaplain pronounced them man and wife, Darien 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 turned passionate and that led to gasps and hooting—and a lot of clapping and cheering Darien’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
One corner of his mouth lifted in a devilish way “No one knows about the sashes” He winked at her and the flush of her face turned vibrant
Swatting playfully at him, she said, “Behave”
He pulled her into his arain, and said, “That’s not at all what you want froathered 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 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 twenty-six years And she was pleased to see Walker had recovered enough to dance with Lisette
Sheena, crafty vampire that she was, had paired up 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 advancement 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 didn’t realize, she believed, was that the demons were friends of Mother Nature and thatparticular attention to the environht