Draco's Marriage Pact (The Dante Inferno: The Dante Dynasty Series Book 7) by Day Leclaire

Author:Day Leclaire [Leclaire, Day]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Contemporary Romance, Women's Fiction, Forever Love, Bachelor, Single Mother, Sensual Story Theme, Hearts Desire, Lifetime Love, Life-Changes, Second Chance Reunion, Honesty & Trust, Home & Family, Romantic Schemes, Small Town & Rural Area, Cowboy & Western Romance, Beautiful & Feisty, Love-Family & Forever, Action & Adventure, The Dante Dynasty Series, The Dante Inferno Series, Former Harlequin Series, Family Saga, Multicultural & International, Foreign Country, Italian Nationality & Heritage, Family & Domestic Life-Young Child-Secret Baby, Her Grandmother’s Nemesis, Reissued Edition
Publisher: DLI Publishing
Published: 2020-04-17T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter Seven

She was his.

His wife. His woman. His Inferno mate. And soon she would be the mother of his child.

He kissed his wife for the first time, while fading sunlight haloed her. He lifted his head to gaze down at his bride just as the sun set and the glow of torchlight gave her a wild, mysterious beauty. Eyes deep with endless hope gleamed up at him. And yet the kiss they’d shared, one meant to seal the vows they’d just committed to, felt like far more than mere hope. It felt like a wish. A promise. A door opening toward possibility.

Her arms slid from around his neck until her palms rested against his chest. She stared at the ring he’d put on her finger, no doubt getting her first good look at it. It was one of the Eternity wedding sets showcased at that long-ago reception where they’d originally met.

The central fire diamond was from a Dante mine, and in Draco’s opinion, one of the finest he’d ever seen, equal if not superior to the ones he’d lost. He’d had the smaller diamonds on either side replaced with Charleston fire diamonds as a symbolic bonding of the two families. He didn’t doubt she’d catch the significance.

“The Eternity rings all have names, don’t they?” she murmured, and glanced up, pinning him with darkness. “What’s this one called?”

“Eternally Bound.”

A troubled frown touched her brow. “Is that what we are? Eternally bound?”

“If you believe in the legend of The Inferno, yes.”

“And if I don’t?” A touch of urgency underscored the question. Or maybe it was panic. “What then?”

He tucked a curl behind her ear, keeping his voice low and reassuring, as though soothing a wild creature who’d just discovered itself snared by a hunter. “Then it’s just a legend, and just a ring.”

“But it’s a legend you believe in, isn’t it?” she insisted. “A ring that does bind us from this point forward.”

He’d made two vows to Shayla since he’d found her, heavy with his child. With the first he’d promised to set her free, while the one made only moments ago committed him to love and protect her for the rest of their lives. Somehow, someway, he’d honor both, no matter how difficult. Even though she was right about his wanting to bind her to him in every way possible, he wouldn’t hold back what struggled so desperately for release.

The words came with difficulty, but he forced himself to speak them. “What I do or don’t believe doesn’t change our pact. Once the baby is born and you have time to adjust to motherhood and your transition from Atlanta, you can decide how you want your future to go from there. I won’t interfere with that.”

He’d opened the door to freedom. Now it was up to her whether she stepped through it, or realized she was just as free if she chose to stay. She gave a quick nod and a slow smile. Then she gathered his face in her soft hands in a gesture that duplicated their first kiss as husband and wife.

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