Captured by Love

Author:Jody Hedlund [Jody Hedlund]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: FIC027050, Mackinac Island (Mich.)—Fiction, Christian Fiction, Historical Romance, Explorers—Fiction, Historical, Literary Fiction, Literary, Romance, Religion & Spirituality, Religious & Inspirational Fiction, fiction, FIC042040, United States, FIC042030, Literature & Fiction, Christian Books & Bibles, Michigan—History—To 1837—Fiction, RNS
ISBN: 0764210491
Amazon: B00GHXRQZ6
Goodreads: 22267204
Publisher: Bethany House Publishers
Published: 2014-06-24T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter

15

Angelique froze.

Miriam’s silent prayer turned into an urgent whisper.

“Oui,” Pierre said as he stepped away from the hearth, the tension easing from his face. “Angelique can marry me.”

Angelique stared at Pierre, her mind swirling with disbelief.

Pierre crossed the room toward her, his boots clomping with a confidence that chased away her shock. He dropped to one knee before her. The determination etched in his expression sent a shiver of anticipation through her.

When he reached for her hand and folded it between both of his callused hands, her heart lurched. He wasn’t serious, was he?

A grin tugged his lips. “Let’s get married.”

She studied his face. His smile faded, replaced with a longing so ardent it almost took her breath away. With uncharacteristic seriousness, he lifted her hand to his lips and placed the gentlest of kisses there. “Angelique MacKenzie, will you do me the honor of becoming my wife?”

Everything within her cried out yes, yes, yes. She would marry him this very day and be his forever. But the words stuck in her throat.

“Please say yes.” His eyes were filled with such certainty she could almost believe for an instant he really believed everything would work out fine between them.

Would everything work out? Pierre was always so confident about anything he set his mind to doing. And she’d always been willing to follow him wherever he led her. But could she blindly follow his plan this time? Miriam’s whispered prayers drifted over Angelique and somehow seemed to urge her to use caution.

If Pierre was willing to marry her, how could she say no? Her whole being yearned for him. In fact, she longed for Pierre with a passion she’d never experienced with Jean. It was a passion that had only grown stronger over the past month of their being together, a passion almost frighteningly like what she’d seen in her mother.

He lifted her hand to his lips again, and this time the heat of his breath, the pressure of his lips, and the spark in his eyes spoke of a longing within him that matched hers.

“Pierre,” she said breathlessly, slipping her fingers from his. How could she say no to him? She’d never told him no. She’d never needed to. Yet what he was asking was impossible, wasn’t it? “How can we get married?” She finally managed a coherent question through the avalanche of confusion. “I can’t—I won’t—ever leave the island, and you can’t stay.”

He sat back on his heels, his eyes pleading with her. “Let’s not think about the details right now. Let’s marry and figure out everything else later.”

She averted her eyes to block out his eagerness. If she looked at him any longer, she wouldn’t be able to resist him. The truth was she had to resist him this time, even though everything within her shouted not to.

“We can’t get married, Pierre.” The agony of saying the words wrenched her insides and twisted painfully.

“Oui, we can.”

Tears pricked her eyes. “You know as well as I do that our differences are too great.

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