Skye hated to leave her, but she kissed her mother’s soft cheek and rose. “Get some rest. I’ll check back later.”
Her mother nodded. “I’ll try to lie down, but I’ll never sleep.” Her lips trembled.
Skye bit her lip and followed Jake outside. “It seems awful to be so happy when things are going to be so hard for my mother.”
“Would you rather we put the wedding off for a while?”
She laughed. “I can tell by the way you said it, you don’t want that.”
“I don’t. But I want you happy.”
“I’m happy.” She smiled to drive home her statement. “I don’t want to wait. I feel I’ve been waiting for you all my life.”
“I know I’ve been waiting for you.” He drew her into his arms under the canopy of five dreamcatchers on the porch above their heads. “You’ve been the one who has haunted my dreams all my life. Now that I’ve caught you, I’m never letting go.”
“I wouldn’t have it any other way,” she said, bringing his lips down to meet hers.
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SHADOW BONES
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