The MacKinnon's Bride (40 page)
Page was too overwhelmed to speak. “I am.”
Tears welled in her eyes. “I do,” she cried softly.
“
Say it again,” he urged
her, squeezing her gently.
“
I am,” she said with a
contented sigh, “I am the MacKinnon’s bride.”
“
That ye are,” he assured
her. “And I’ll ne’er let ye regret it for the rest o’ your days.
I’ll make ye happy, Page. I pledge to ye my love and my loyalty,
and I wed thee here in the name of God.”
Loyalty, she could well believe. “Love?” she
asked him. “Truly?”
He turned her about to face him. “Dinna ye
doubt it, lass.” Grasping her arms, he shook her gently. “I love ye
fiercely, truly, and gladly!” And then he kissed her upon the
bridge of the nose.
“
And I love you,” Page
confessed. “I love you fiercely, truly, and gladly, too.” And she
did, without fear or reservation.
He lifted her up without warning, and tossed
her over his shoulders.
Page squealed in surprise. “What are you
doing?” she demanded in feigned outrage.
“
I’m takin’ ye home,
lass... afore ye change your mind.”
She laughed.
“
Anyway, I’m a savage
Scot,” he reminded her. “We dinna want to be disappointin’ your
da.”
Page laughed with scandalized delight.
“
First,” he declared,
“you’re gain’ to be seein’ to my son—assure him that ye live—and
then I’m going to take ye to my bed... make ye sing me a sweet
lullai bye.”
And that he did.
And that she did.
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