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Author: Charlene A. Wilson
late night arrival.
By now, he will have married to fill his obligation. Would she be an elite?
She let her feet lead the way, only peering a moment to set her course. “Oh, Ian, I miss you,” she breathed.
Rustles came from near the fount and she paused, squinting into the shadows. A man stepped from behind the ivy-covered trellis, his camouflage jacket in hand. His soft voice held hesitation.
“Kami.”
Adrenalin washed through her, sending tingles down her arms to her fingertips and her voice would only come out as a whisper. “Oh, my God. “Ian?”
A smile spread across his magnificent face and a flash of thrill shot to her heart. Ten long strides brought him to her, ten strides that took too long.
Kami lunged for his arms, and in a giant swoop, he lifted her into a strong hold. Her stomach jumped to her chest. Burying his face in the tender skin at her neck, his kisses trailed to the hollow beneath her ear as he slowly lowered her to her to stand on her toes.
Ian peered at her through hooded hazel eyes. His gaze held so much love that her body pulsed. Her lips ached to meet his as his heavy breath heated them like balm.
“Kami,” he whispered. “I hoped I’d catch you before you hailed them to return home.”
“It was you all along. It was you who exchanged coins every day.” She flung the knitted cap from his head and tangled her fingers in his onyx hair. “Ian, it was you !”
Thrill charged across her nerves and she threw her arms around his neck. “Why didn’t you come to me? You had to know I worked at the bank.”
He shook his head. “I was forbidden to contact you during your stay. They would have sent me to another plane.”
Kami blinked at the odd response. “What?” Loosening her hold, her heels pressed into the cobblestone. “What’s going on?”
Ian stroked her arms as if afraid to let her out of his grasp. “Everyone told me to just pick someone, to start my family without you. Just pick someone. They even lined me up with strangers who wanted an elite status to push me to do it. But the thought made me ill. Ill , Kami. I couldn’t.”
He wouldn’t choose another? Then how will he fill the quota before the allotted time runs out?
Dawning came to her and she searched his face for a sign that it wasn’t true. “Ian, your birthday was last month.”
A nod confirmed her words. “I’m twenty-five, Kami. A summon to appear before the counsel came within a week.”
“No, Ian. You lost everything because of me.”
He feathered his fingers through her long hair, watching the locks as they fell past her shoulders. “I couldn’t let you go. You were everywhere, in the flames of my hearth, the wind that whispered through the trees, the rain that pooled around my feet,” an odd grin pressed his lips into a crooked frown, “even that scruffy dog at the park.”
A lump formed in Kami’s throat and she swallowed to relieve the tension. Awed by the proof of his love, she barely heard as he continued to explain.
“I knew someone who worked in the courts and called in a favor. He fixed it to have Three-Two-Three show up as my exile sentence. As soon as I arrived, I asked the attendants if they remembered you. The guy spoke right up. But the woman was upset about it. She said exiles weren’t to contact transportees and they’d take measures to ensure it if I tried.”
A small smile arched his eyes. “But when I told them what happened, the old doll slipped me your information and made me promise not to make contact until today. They agreed not to show up until you hailed them so I had a chance to talk with you.”
“Conrad and Coral.” Humor puffed from her lips as she recalled the young man’s mirth and the woman’s grandmotherly advice.
He caressed her cheek with his thumb. “Please tell me there’s no other. Please tell me you haven’t met a man that fills your dreams and you’re only returning to request another leave for him. The thought of another man
By now, he will have married to fill his obligation. Would she be an elite?
She let her feet lead the way, only peering a moment to set her course. “Oh, Ian, I miss you,” she breathed.
Rustles came from near the fount and she paused, squinting into the shadows. A man stepped from behind the ivy-covered trellis, his camouflage jacket in hand. His soft voice held hesitation.
“Kami.”
Adrenalin washed through her, sending tingles down her arms to her fingertips and her voice would only come out as a whisper. “Oh, my God. “Ian?”
A smile spread across his magnificent face and a flash of thrill shot to her heart. Ten long strides brought him to her, ten strides that took too long.
Kami lunged for his arms, and in a giant swoop, he lifted her into a strong hold. Her stomach jumped to her chest. Burying his face in the tender skin at her neck, his kisses trailed to the hollow beneath her ear as he slowly lowered her to her to stand on her toes.
Ian peered at her through hooded hazel eyes. His gaze held so much love that her body pulsed. Her lips ached to meet his as his heavy breath heated them like balm.
“Kami,” he whispered. “I hoped I’d catch you before you hailed them to return home.”
“It was you all along. It was you who exchanged coins every day.” She flung the knitted cap from his head and tangled her fingers in his onyx hair. “Ian, it was you !”
Thrill charged across her nerves and she threw her arms around his neck. “Why didn’t you come to me? You had to know I worked at the bank.”
He shook his head. “I was forbidden to contact you during your stay. They would have sent me to another plane.”
Kami blinked at the odd response. “What?” Loosening her hold, her heels pressed into the cobblestone. “What’s going on?”
Ian stroked her arms as if afraid to let her out of his grasp. “Everyone told me to just pick someone, to start my family without you. Just pick someone. They even lined me up with strangers who wanted an elite status to push me to do it. But the thought made me ill. Ill , Kami. I couldn’t.”
He wouldn’t choose another? Then how will he fill the quota before the allotted time runs out?
Dawning came to her and she searched his face for a sign that it wasn’t true. “Ian, your birthday was last month.”
A nod confirmed her words. “I’m twenty-five, Kami. A summon to appear before the counsel came within a week.”
“No, Ian. You lost everything because of me.”
He feathered his fingers through her long hair, watching the locks as they fell past her shoulders. “I couldn’t let you go. You were everywhere, in the flames of my hearth, the wind that whispered through the trees, the rain that pooled around my feet,” an odd grin pressed his lips into a crooked frown, “even that scruffy dog at the park.”
A lump formed in Kami’s throat and she swallowed to relieve the tension. Awed by the proof of his love, she barely heard as he continued to explain.
“I knew someone who worked in the courts and called in a favor. He fixed it to have Three-Two-Three show up as my exile sentence. As soon as I arrived, I asked the attendants if they remembered you. The guy spoke right up. But the woman was upset about it. She said exiles weren’t to contact transportees and they’d take measures to ensure it if I tried.”
A small smile arched his eyes. “But when I told them what happened, the old doll slipped me your information and made me promise not to make contact until today. They agreed not to show up until you hailed them so I had a chance to talk with you.”
“Conrad and Coral.” Humor puffed from her lips as she recalled the young man’s mirth and the woman’s grandmotherly advice.
He caressed her cheek with his thumb. “Please tell me there’s no other. Please tell me you haven’t met a man that fills your dreams and you’re only returning to request another leave for him. The thought of another man
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