Love's Serenade by Madeline Baker

Author:Madeline Baker [Baker, Madeline]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Literature & Fiction, Erotica, Romance, Historical
ISBN: 1419964534
Amazon: B00413PIWM
Publisher: Ellora's Cave
Published: 2010-08-12T07:00:00+00:00

They had turkey for dinner. Toklanni eyed it speculatively for a long moment before he took a bite. He chewed it carefully and then grinned with pleasure.

“The Apache don’t know what they’re missing,” he said solemnly, and Sarah and Danny both laughed.

The meal was a huge success and Sarah declared it was the best Christmas they’d ever had.

After dinner, they sang Christmas carols and then Danny asked his mother to read the Christmas Story. With a heart overflowing with love and gratitude, Sarah picked up the old family Bible and turned to the Book of Luke, Chapter 2.

“And she brought forth her firstborn son and wrapped him in swaddling clothes, and laid him in a manger, because there was no room for them in the inn.”

Toklanni was watching Sarah’s face as she read the words “firstborn son”. He heard the catch in her voice, saw the two bright tears that sparkled in her eyes as she glanced up from the Bible to gaze lovingly at her own firstborn son.

“And the angel said unto them, Fear not: for, behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people.

“For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord…”

Later that night, Toklanni and Sarah stood beside Danny’s bed, their hands entwined as they gazed down at the sleeping child.

“I guess we’ll have to leave here now, won’t we?” Sarah asked.

“Only if you want to. I have Noche’s promise that he won’t bother you again.”

“Do you want to leave?”

“No.” This was home. It would always be home. He had been born here and his roots ran deep into the land. But he would willingly take Sarah anywhere she wanted to go. “Do you?”

Sarah shook her head. “It’s funny. We’ve lived here for five years and this is the first time it’s ever felt like home.”

“We’ll stay then.”

“I never thanked you for bringing Danny home,” Sarah murmured. She wrapped her arms around Toklanni’s waist and hugged him to her, her heart overflowing with love and gratitude for her husband. “Thank you with all my heart.”

“I had to give you something for Christmas,” Toklanni replied. “I knew you were making the scarf for me.”

“How did you know?” Sarah demanded. “It could have been for me.”

“No.” He smiled down at her, his heart quickening at her nearness, at the love he read in the depths of her eyes. “I saw the look on your face while you worked on it and I knew it was meant to be mine.”

“A scarf seems like such a small thing when compared to the gift of my son.”

“But I have you,” Toklanni murmured.

And he silently thanked the gods, both red and white, for the gift of life, for the promise of a bright future in this life, and the hope of a life in the hereafter with the woman in his arms.

Sarah. She had given him hope and joy, wiped the bitterness from his soul, taught him what life and love and giving were all about.

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