Total pages in book: 130
Estimated words: 121008 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 605(@200wpm)___ 484(@250wpm)___ 403(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 121008 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 605(@200wpm)___ 484(@250wpm)___ 403(@300wpm)
I smile and turn to look at him. “I won’t. You get into trouble when I’m gone.”
I press my lips to Ci’s and find myself pleasantly squished between their big bodies. I never feel safer than when I’m surrounded by them.
“It was awesome, Meg,” Dante says, laughing. “You should have seen them when we walked by Liadan’s corpse. She was all shriveled and shit. Beck went green.”
“Well, she didn’t look that way when…” Beck’s mouth becomes a stubborn line.
Cian grins brilliantly. “I never slept with her. I’m the smart one.”
“Yes, you are, baby.” I reward him with a kiss. It seems impossible that I’m here. If this is a dream, I never want to wake. I turn back to Beck. “We don’t have to worry about Beck’s bad taste in women anymore. He’s taken, you see.”
“I am,” Beck says, kissing my forehead. “Forever, wife.”
“Le chéile go deo,” Cian whispers.
“Together forever, I promise,” I vow.
Flanna walks in, her small face glowing with happiness. “Your breakfast is ready, Your Highness, but I fear you have no time to eat. The village has been informed you’re awake at last.”
“They camped outside the cottage, waiting for word on your health,” Dante explains with a grin.
“Really?” I left one plane where no one noticed I was alive, only to find this one where a whole village waits to find out if I’m all right.
“They love you, wife. They want to see their queen.” Beck holds his hand out.
For the first time, I begin to believe I am worthy of their love.
I brush away the happy tears that spring to my eyes.
“How could they not love you?” Cian asks, taking my other hand. “You’re their queen, their brave, kind, and beautiful queen.”
Flanna opens the door. The brownie didn’t lie. The entire village is standing outside. A cheer goes up as I join my people.
This small piece of heaven is my kingdom. These are my people, not because someone put a crown on my head. They’re mine because I love them.
I look out across the crowd and realize that there are many decisions to be made in the coming years. Torin will try to kill my husbands again. Beck and Cian will be under pressure to take back their homeland. There are hundreds of things that can go wrong. But in this moment, as I walk among my people, the sun shines down and I am surrounded with love. The future will come with all its uncertainties and danger. It won’t matter.
I will fight for it if I have to, but I will have my happy ending.