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Astrid closed her eyes at his question as tears of joy rolled down her cheeks. She had never expected Flynn to announce his love for her this way. She had always thought he was a man of a few words, but today, he had expressed his love for her so perfectly, that he had left her speechless.
“Flynn, I dinnae ken what to say,” she told him honestly, hastily wiping away the tears from her face as she sat down in front of him on her knees as well. “I, too, dinnae ken when I fell in love with ye or how, but I believe it happened when I finally realized that ye were so much more than what ye seemed. Ye were not just another laird of a clan, but ye were a well-loved laird. Ye were loved because of yer kindness and charm, because of how ye care about yer people. I admired everythin’ about ye since the beginning and enjoyed every time we fought.
“I think as time passes, I will only fall a little more in love with ye every day, and that will make our relationship stronger. I fell in love with ye despite the enmity between our families and clans and despite knowing that even right now, we dinnae ken if we will be able to take this forward. But nothing would give me greater happiness than marrying ye.”
“Ye will marry me?” he asked disbelievingly as if he had been expecting another answer.
“Yes,” she sobbed yet again and extended her hand to him.
He slowly pushed the ring he had held in his hand onto her finger as the two of them stood back up again. Before she could say another word, Flynn pulled her in for another kiss, his lips colliding against hers in a hungry kiss.
Astrid did not know what it was about his kisses, but they always made her feel incomplete in a way that she could only ever be whole again with him beside her. When she was not with him, she felt as if half of her heart was missing and craved nothing more than to have his presence around her. Flynn was a man who had taken her heart and kept it for himself, and she had gladly given it to him.
“I cannae believe ye agreed to marry me,” Flynn said, pulling away from the kiss, and Astrid could not help but break out into laughter.
“I think ye already knew I was in love with ye. Every time I was around ye, I had nothing but stars in me eyes for ye. I have displayed me love for ye at every moment, me dear,” she pointed out, and Flynn nodded.
“I do not deny that, darling. I did have the feeling that I wasnae alone in this feeling, but a man can never be too sure,” he told her truthfully, and she nodded.
“I dinnae think ye have asked Faither yet?” she questioned, looking at his face with concern.
She was certain he could not have asked her father yet, since there was no chance at all for the old Laird to agree to this. As far as her father was concerned, this marriage would never happen.
“I have nae.”
“When are ye plannin’ to?”
“I think I will go to him right now,” he replied impatiently, and Astrid nodded.
She knew her father would be the biggest hurdle to this marriage coming to life, for he would never agree to it. There was no chance of him ever allowing it to happen, and this worried her. Flynn must have seen the worry on her face, for he immediately stroked her face lovingly.
“Are ye all right?” he asked.
“I am worried,” she admitted.
“Astrid, I dinnae ken how yer faither will react at the news, but the one thing I ken for certain is that ye love me, and I love ye, and I will never let anything or anyone in the world push us apart. Yer made for me, me dear, and we will never be separated.”
“I believe you, Flynn.”
As the words escaped her mouth, she knew she did believe him indeed. He was there for her, and he would always be there for her. Of that, she had no doubts.
CHAPTER20
“Me Laird,Marco has just sent word. Laird MacKie has left his castle for some work.”
Myles turned around as one of his men came to inform him of the news. As soon as he had thought about kidnapping Astrid, he had sent some of his men to Flynn’s castle to keep an eye on his whereabouts.
This was exactly the moment he had been waiting for. He knew the castle would still be well guarded, but it would be far easier to kidnap Astrid from the MacKie castle in Flynn’s absence. If Flynn was still present there, he would find out about her disappearance almost immediately, and Myles would never be able to put his plan into motion.
“Send word back. Tell them to do it while he is gone,” Myles replied, a cruel smile on his face.
He could not believe his plan was finally coming together. With both Aiden and Astrid kidnapped, he would easily be able to ransom them and threaten Murray and Flynn into doing everything he wished for them to do. Nothing could stop him from becoming the most powerful laird in all of Scotland, he was certain of that.
“Yes, Me Laird.”
“Once she is brought in, throw her in the dungeon with her brother. The two of them deserve a small reunion after ten years, don’t ye think?” Myles ordered, laughing, thinking about the note he would send Murray as soon as Astrid was under his possession.
He would leave the task of informing Flynn about it to Murray alone, since he, himself, was slightly terrified of sending such a note to Flynn.
