Chapter 45
One Week Later
“Maddock…oh God, Maddock. I can’t…I can’t…” I screamed as I unraveled beneath his tongue. He quickly rose to kiss my neck as he plunged inside me. I wouldn’t have thought it possible to climax again so quickly, but it took no time for me to meet his passion once again.
“Do ye still want to marry me, lass?”
I couldn’t begin to fathom how he was capable of speech at this moment. “What?”
“Tell me…” He groaned as he pumped inside me. “Tell me ye still wish to marry me.”
“Of course I do.”
“Good.” He thrust deep into me once more. As he found his release, he slowly came down on top of me, kissing along my jaw as he spoke. “I’ve a surprise for ye.”
“Oh yeah? What’s that?”
“I’ve a bath drawn for ye in yer mother’s cottage. Ye needn’t dress. I’ve laid out a robe for ye to wear on yer way. They will tell ye more when ye get there.”
I was so happily sated, all I wanted to do was sleep.
“Do I need to go now? Can we nap for a little bit first?”
He flipped me on my side and gave my butt a gentle swat. “No, ye must go now. There is no time to waste.”
Mom stood outside the cottage she now shared with David, grinning like a fool, as I walked up the pathway in my robe. She was bouncing on her feet with excitement.
“What is going on, Mom?”
She waved me toward her. “Come in and you’ll see.”
Eyeing her suspiciously, I walked into the cottage and looked at the sight before me.
A warm bath stood in the middle of the room, a gorgeous and entirely modern wedding gown hung on a hook on one wall, and two people I’d certainly not expected to see today—Laurel and Morna—stood at the back of the room.
“Happy wedding day!” Laurel beamed at me as she ran across the room to throw her arms around my neck.
“Is it? Laurel, what are you doing here?”
She grabbed my hand as she stepped away. “Yes, it is your wedding day. Maddock told us you agreed to marry him and that you’d already agreed to elope, but surprising you with the day is part of the fun. As for my being here…let’s just say that Raudrich’s powers were giving him a bit of a read on what was going on here. Needless to say, he was a bit too anxious to enjoy our time away. Not that it matters, I was happy to come home, too.”
I looked over at Morna who was smiling as she opened her arms to me. “And what are you doing here?”
“There is no rule that I canna use my magic for love. I brought the dress, and once ye are ready, I shall send ye to the location of yer wedding.”
“Which is?”
She tsked at me and shook her head. “Ach, I canna tell ye that. Maddock would never forgive me. Now, let’s get ye ready.”
It was a scary thing to let someone send you hurtling from one location to another while blindfolded, but I trusted Morna enough that I managed to keep it together as she sent us zipping through time.
When we landed on our feet, Maddock’s voice spoke to me from behind. “Ach, lass. I can see why ye dreamed of this place. I dinna know such light could exist.”
I gasped as a small glimmer of hope surged through me. “No! We’re not…Maddock, where are we? You have to tell me right now.”
His hands moved to the knot on the back of my blindfold. When he lifted it from my eyes, I looked down on the city of Paris from the top of a tourist-free Eiffel Tower, and I began to cry.
“Maddock, how did you know? I…I always wanted to get married here.”
He smiled and reached up to dab my tears with his thumb. “I asked yer mother when I asked for her blessing. Are ye happy, lass?”
I kissed him, not minding at all that my makeup was definitely ruined. “I’ve never been so happy in my life.”
We were married by a stranger, and our witness was one of the light technicians for the tower.
With the help of Morna’s magic, my out-of-time Scot and I spent the evening on blankets laid out for us on the top of the most beautiful structure in the world, overlooking the most beautiful city.
Our wedding day was perfect in every way, and I had no doubt that our life together would be just as wonderful as this special day.