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More than that, he was creating an emotional connection between us. Like his kisses were stitching our very souls together, binding them into one so that being away from him would be like being torn from half of myself. As if he were telling me a secret that could only be conveyed through his lips on mine.
Maybe it was Christmas, maybe it was Duncan, but Highglen was a place of pure magic. For the first time, I understood why my mother had told me to search for it. I didn’t want to let it go.
“Love always ends in heartache. Even when you spend sixty years with someone, you’ll either die or break up. But I’ve never met anyone who regrets loving another person with their whole heart, no matter what the outcome may be.
“As your hands are now bound together, so, too, are your lives bound together as one. Hold tight to one another, and let no one unbind it. May this knot remain tied for as long as you both shall live, drawing you close, remembering that the threads represent the support and strength of your clan and loved ones and your hopes and dreams for a happy life together.”
The Quaich has two handles because you must use both hands to drink, which means you cannae be holding a weapon at the same time.”
“Did you know that Maren is a Latin name? It means ‘star of the sea.’ When you’ve returned to your life and I am adrift in the sea of time, lost without you, you will always be my star, guiding me. My home, my true north.”
He looked at her like she hung the moon every night just for him, and she gazed at him like he was personally responsible for causing the sun to rise each day.
