Total pages in book: 96
Estimated words: 91416 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 457(@200wpm)___ 366(@250wpm)___ 305(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 91416 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 457(@200wpm)___ 366(@250wpm)___ 305(@300wpm)
Inside, the bedchamber was dim, lit only by the firelight that danced across the two naked lovers resting in each other’s arms.
Dru lay nestled against Knox, her head on his chest, listening to the steady rhythm of his heart. He held her close, his arm wrapped firmly around her, anchoring her to him like he never meant to let go again.
She traced a finger along his chest slightly damp from their powerful lovemaking. “I knew you weren’t dead. I knew Callan lied. I knew you would keep your word and find me.”
“Always,” he murmured, pressing a kiss to her brow. “I would face it all again, every bit of it, to see you safe. To keep us together.”
Dru tilted her head to look at him, and in his eyes, she saw not the fierce warrior who had fought for her, but the man who would fight for her heart every day forward. Her protector. Her husband. Her love.
“I never imagined peace could feel like this,” she said, her voice thick with emotion.
“It’s not peace,” he said, brushing his lips across hers. “It’s our love that brings such peace.”
She smiled, slow and true, and burrowed deeper into his warmth. Wrapped in his arms, wrapped in the knowledge they had survived every storm, she let herself finally rest.
Tomorrow, they would rise together. But tonight belonged to stillness, to quiet breath and tangled limbs, to love hard-won and deeply kept.
And in that silence, beneath the weight of his arms and the steadiness of his love, Dru knew she was finally home.
THE END