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smiled, “Well, it looks like a nap is not an option. The capital is sending a skimmer over the mountain range for you. They are going to be here within the hour.”
    Tyhana’s mood crashed.
    Seldrin looked at her and picked up her hand, raising it to his lips. “I will return for a visit as soon as I am able. I need to set up the embassy and make preparations for my support staff.”
    Ty’s sisters swooned at the handsome, winged man kissing their sister’s hand. Ty’s heart pounded, but she was so depressed by the loss that she had refused to anticipate that she barely registered it.
    “Mr. Roper, may I take a walk with your daughter? I believe we could use a little bit of privacy.”
    Ty nodded numb lips. And got to her feet before her father even replied.
    Once she was outside, she took flight and perched on top of the barn. Even the most enthusiastic of her siblings couldn’t manage the climb in under ten minutes.
    Seldrin landed next to her, and he took her hands. “Tyhana. I did not come to Orion’s Rest looking for a wife, but after I met you, there is no other role in my life that I want you to fulfill. Once I have set up our home, will you marry me?”
    She blinked and leaned back, nearly stepping off the roof. “What?”
    “Will you marry me? I am not sure if I am to ask your father first, but I am guessing that checking with you is probably my best chance for winning your hand. You are smart, strong, graceful and are eager to experience the world. In my eyes, you are the perfect woman.”
    She blinked. “I…no one…the wings…are you sure?”
    It was the one point of her life where she didn’t have complete confidence in herself. Being the only one of her kind had made it obvious to her that she would never wed. Now, she had to rewrite her own preconceptions.
    She took a deep breath and smiled. “If you come back in less than six months and still want to marry me, my answer is yes. I will come with you and be your wife, though I have no idea what an ambassador’s wife does.”
    “Neither do I. We will have to move forward together, and I am willing to learn right beside you.”
    She was going to reply, but he kissed her, his lips moving along hers until she shook off her shock and responded. She put her hand behind his head and held his lips to hers until the moment that the skimmer landed in the farmyard. With a final soft kiss, she let him go. “I give you six months.”
    He grinned and flew to the skimmer, settling in while the pilot spoke to Orwait and her father handed over the packs and the beacon.
    She sighed and sat on the roof of the barn, wondering how slow six months would actually be.
     
    Twelve days later, Ty was sitting in the woods and petting one of the local birds who seemed to call her kin. She heard the distinct noise of a skimmer and lifted her companion into flight before she did the same.
    She moved her wings lazily toward the farm and looked toward the skimmer for a set of dark wings. When they emerged, she dove toward Seldrin, pulling up and landing decorously at the last moment.
    He grinned and walked up to her, lifting her up to kiss her. She draped her arms around his neck and kicked her feet as he spun her around.
    He kissed her frantically, and she replied with enthusiasm until they both calmed. “I didn’t think you would be back so soon.”
    “I had the help of another ambassador who had a vested interest in accompanying me here today.”
    Ty peeked over his shoulder and saw a woman with white wings and gold hair, with a man with golden hair and dark green eyes.
    “This is Ambassador Freerosha of the Swiit and her bodyguard and consort, Enhart.”
    Ty held onto Seldrin. “Pleased to meet you.”
    Freerosha smiled, and Enhart put his hand on her shoulder. “I am pleased to meet you, Tyhana Roper.”
    Orwait and Niira were waiting next to the Swiit ambassador.
    Niira grinned. “You might want to get on your own two feet, Ty, and meet the woman who birthed