“Most definitely.”
Ten, eleven, twelve. She turned away, let go of his hand, and began trotting along the flickering path. “I know exactly the spot,” she said.
Robert let out a delighted laugh and began chasing his wife down the path. “The iron tongue of midnight hath told twelve; Lovers, to bed; ‘tis almost fairy time.”
Antonia let out a squeal of delight. “A man who quotes Shakespeare? Be still my heart!”
A moment later she grabbed his hand again, pulled him along a side path into a darkened arbor, and dropped down onto the soft, spring grass.
“Lovers, to bed,” she whispered back to him as he lay down next to her, “’tis almost fairy time.”
He stripped off his coat and placed it on the grass to cushion her head, and then propped himself up on one arm as he stared down at her in their private arbor.
“My own silver fairy queen,” he murmured, and then took her mouth with his own.
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Sheridan Jeane (Ferguson-Edmondson) grew up in Huber Heights, a suburb of Dayton, Ohio, and now lives just outside of Pittsburgh.
Sheridan has always been an avid reader and a dedicated writer. She earned a bachelor's degree in Computer Science with a minor in English.
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