Once Upon a Star by Nora Roberts

Author:Nora Roberts
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Publisher: Penguin Group USA, Inc.
Published: 1999-10-10T22:00:00+00:00

Send a heart’s wish from afar.

Then a kiss of love that’s true

Will banish evil’s curse from you.

Catch yourself a falling star

And love will blossom where you are.

Watch ’til dawn’s new sun peeks through

And all your dreams will fair come true.

She closed her eyes and saw her grandmother’s face, smiling, smiling.

The spell was complete.

“My heart’s wish,” she said, reaching up to stroke Ambrose’s jaw. “I spoke it last night—that you should only know how much I love you. I didn’t want to…but I gave you my heart, Ambrose the Barbarian. It is yours.”

“And I give you mine, my beautiful, brave, and very stubborn princess. My heart, my life, my love. Forever.”

A great rushing, flapping noise split the silence of the dawn, and, glancing up, they saw the sky grow black with crows. They swooped and darted, cawing and squawking, then wheeled away to the west, flying straight and fast and furious, leaving behind them an even deeper silence.

“The crows are gone from the keep.” Lianna spoke with quiet certainty. “The curse is lifted.”

“I hope that means we can leave this place now.” He grunted and stroked a finger along the curve of her cheek. “Your shoulder must be throbbing. You must be cold, sore, hungry. Ready or not, Princess, I’m taking you home.”

“Home.” Lianna laughed as he lifted her in his arms. The twinge in her shoulder was nothing. Compared to the joy in her heart, it was nothing at all.

She thought of the keep that had so alarmed her at first, the place where she now wanted most to be. Alone in her sweet-scented chamber, with a blazing fire and the deep featherbed—and Ambrose. The two of them—safe, together.

She knew that a chance for peace now would grow across the land.

“Yes, my darling barbarian.” Smiling, she wrapped her good arm around his neck as he began to carry her toward the camp and the horses and the men stirring from their sleep. “Let us go—home.”

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