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“I’m sorry,” Lou says when she guides me to the room we will share. “I’ve cost you so much.”
“A price I’d pay any day.” I bring her close, and feeling her cling to me just as desperately as I do to her makes everything worthwhile.
“The Alliance will vote to keep you. I know it.”
Sighing, I say, “They don’t trust me. I get it. If the shoe was on the other foot, I might feel the same.”
She stands on her tiptoes and gives me a kiss. “I’m going to shower. Will you join me?”
I peer at the door. Something about knowing her father will be downstairs while I defile his daughter has me ready to jump her now.
Lou must sense my thoughts, because she giggles and shoves me onto the bed. “Give me five minutes to clean myself off a little. I want to be lickable all over.”
I’m about to argue that she’s always edible, when my phone buzzes. So I let her go.
I tug my cell from my pants and find it’s a message from Dionne, as I’ve named him in my contacts.
Him: How are you?
Me: Good. You?
Him: Disappointed. I need a brother.
Me: I do too.
Him: Then come back.
Me: Someday.
Him: The Alliance will kill me.
It takes me a long time to reply. And when I do, I know without a shadow of a doubt that Luca is right about questioning my loyalties.
Me: The Alliance will never hurt you. I won’t let them.
26
LOUISA
“Can we stay like this forever?” I'm draped over Rowan's chest, sweat still clinging to my skin from our last round of lovemaking.
He chuckles, the sound of it rumbling through me. “If that makes you happy.”
I sigh, luxuriating in his warmth, enjoying it so much more now that I'm free from the shackles of my hate. Free to love him as we both deserve.
“Rowan?”
“Hmm.”
I look up at him. “Will you marry me?”
He tilts his face toward me. “We’re already married.”
“I want one that counts. I want to vow my love for you before God willingly.”
Something strange crosses over his expression and his beautiful blues darken. “Louisa.”
I frown at his use of my full name. “What?”
