Absolutely Captivated (48 page)

“What about you?” Travers asked, with
typical concern. “Who’ll take care of you?”

Clotho’s smile was mysterious. “Why,
darling, if you don’t mind funding the hotel room, we can take care
of the rest.”

Lachesis tapped the Cubs baseball cap.
“After all, we are protected.”

“Go get some sleep,” Atropos said.
“When you get up, you can tell us all about your adventure. But for
now, we think you two lovebirds should be alone.”

The three Fates ushered Zoe and
Travers out of the hotel room. Zoe had never left a conversation
with the three of them so fast. The next thing she knew, she was in
the hallway with the door closed.

Travers was staring at the
door. “Did that seem odd to you?”

“Yes,” Zoe said. “Which frightens me.
We are talking about the Fates, here. Odd for them is truly
strange.”

He ran a finger along her chin. “You
never answered me,” he said softly. “Will you have me?”

“Is that a marriage offer?” she
asked.

He smiled. “Yes.”

“Travers, marriage among our people,
it’s for life.”

“That’s how I was raised,
too.”

“Life means thousands of years,” Zoe
said.

“I doubt that’ll be long enough,”
Travers said. Then he blinked. “You don’t have hesitations, do you?
I know you didn’t want children—”

“How can anyone fail to love Kyle?”
Zoe asked. “He’s perfect.”

Travers bit his lower lip. He was
studying her, and she realized she had never told him her reasons
for going into Faerie, her reasons for protecting this
place.

Even when they popped back onto
Fremont Street, she hadn’t told him that she loved him.

She slipped her arms
around his neck. “You’re perfect, too,” she said. “Amazing and
strong and brilliant. Do you think you can put up with the chaos
that is my life?”

“Looks like that’s mine, too,” he
said, bending down to kiss her.

But she put a finger on his lips,
stopping him. “One more thing before I say anything
else.”

She could feel his muscles tense.
“Yes?” he asked.

“I have to tell you how I feel, not
how the Fates think I should feel.”

His muscles got even
tenser. Apparently he had noticed, too, that she hadn’t said she
loved him.

“You’re the most spectacular person
I’ve ever met,” she said, “and I love you. I’ll love you forever if
you let me.”

“Let you?” he whispered. “I’d never
dream of stopping you.”

And then he kissed her, and the kiss
was just as amazing as the first kiss. Even more amazing, really,
and she had thought that first one was pretty
outrageous.

The kiss became another kiss, and then
another, and as the kisses continued, she realized that even though
he was younger, and they had differences, and they had to make a
lot of adjustments to have a life together, they would be able
to.

Together, they would be able to do
anything.

About the Author

Called “The Reigning
Queen of Paranormal Romance” by Best Reviews, bestselling writer
Kristine Grayson has made a name for herself publishing light,
slightly off-skew romance novels about Greek Gods, fairy tale
characters, and the modern world. Her novel,
Utterly Charming
, which Sourcebooks
reissued in October of 2011, won the 2001
Romantic Times
Reviewer’s Choice
Award. Her most recent novel,
Wickedly
Charming
, appeared in May of 2011 from
Sourcebooks.
Charming
Blue
, her next novel from Sourcebooks,
will appear in September 2012. For more information on her work, go
to www.kristinegrayson.com.