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Second, I was just plain careful with my heart. I’d lost the two people I loved most in my life when I was fifteen. That hurt. Too much. I didn’t want that to happen again, and if I was going to risk it, I was damn well going to make certain I took that risk on the right guy.
And it is a measure of a man, any man, be he married to a pub wench or a princess, how he cares for his bride.
“No enemy is all bad, Finnie,” he told me gently. “They’re just the enemy.”
Life was meant to be lived, every breath was a gift, every risk was worth taking.
“It was beyond anything I could have wished it to be. You are, my wee Finnie, beyond my wildest dreams.”
and in the safety of his strong arms, I let it go.
“And never have I received anything so exquisite,” he went on. “Save the wedding kiss you bestowed on me.”
“I do not know, my wee Finnie, where I came from. But I’m beginning to know why I’m here.”
“She waits for me at windows and buys me dragons. There are reasons we walk this earth. I’m coming to realize mine.”
“Your eyes, princess, focus on me,” he urged.
He handed me the world.
“This is life,” I whispered as I steadily held his gaze. “Skylar, know that. It is life to get things wrong. It happens all the time to everyone. We make mistakes, all of
There is no shame in that. None at all. The thing that’s important to understand is, if you make a mistake, you try and learn from it. But honey, you will make mistakes and that’s okay. One thing I can promise, and you can take your time to trust me, is that if you do make mistakes with me or with Frey, we won’t get mad like your mama. We might get upset or disappointed, but we won’t get mad at you like her. You don’t have to believe me now, Sky, but I hope, someday, you do.”
“I love you, Frey. I’m in love with you. So in love, I’ll never stop loving you. Not ever. You, everything about you is beyond my wildest dreams.”
“The Dragon and The Ice!”
“It is a measure of a nation their cunning! It is a measure of a nation their strength! And it is a measure of a nation,” I leaned forward and screeched, “their mercy!”
“I’m proud of you, Finnie Drakkar. What you did took courage and showed compassion, and if your people didn’t already love you, witnessing that, they will.”
“I am a Drakkar,” he retorted. “This cannot be a surprise. Especially considering the fact that you have exposed you have not changed as well as you expect payment
not only for our country, but to my happiness, as keeping my wife alive.”
“A wise woman once told me happiness is a line with contentment at one end and bliss on the other.”
