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made me laugh. “Penny for your thoughts?”
     
    He smiled softly, his green eyes alight with joy. “You capture my thoughts.”
     
    How did the man always seem to know just what to say to make me melt? I leaned in and kissed his lips. It was soft and delicate, which was so unlike him. Normally once my lips met his, he ravished me. A bit confused, I backed away. “What is it?”
     
    Lightly, he traced my jaw line with his fingers. “Eternity is not long enough to love you, Álainn.”
     
    “Kyden…” I responded softly.
     
    He smiled sweetly, placing his finger on my lips to hush me. “Before we met…” He hesitated, looking out to the scenery, then met my gaze again. “Before we met, my existence was an endless waste—a life amounting to nothing.” He continued to trace the contours of my face. “The day you arrived, all that changed. It was as if my soul had settled, found its rightful home.”
     
    My eyes glistened with tears. Kyden speaking of emotions—what was this?
     
    His fingers never stopped their dance across my face. “Still to this very day I feel undeserving of you.”
     
    “Kyden…”
     
    He stopped me, touched my lips again. “I will eternally feel overjoyed that I have been granted the right to share in your life.”
     
    “As will I.”
     
    He smiled at that, ran his thumb across my lips. “You are truly a blessing. In every part of you I find joy. Even the stubborn pain in the ass side of you brings me much amusement.”
     
    I laughed through my tears. To be loved, so completely, without any rest raints¯never had I thought I’d be this lucky.
     
    “I will forever work to be one who deserves you.” He took my hands and held them tight on my lap, his face warm with emotion. “Do you remember when Drake first learned of us?”
     
    I nodded, the memory was hard to forget. My late birth father hadn’t been thrilled about the idea of us becoming a couple. Kyden’s womanizing past left Drake more than unhappy seeing his daughter with the likes of him. After a little scuffle and a talk, Drake’s feelings were appeased.
     
    “Do you remember what he and I talked about?”
     
    I thought back. I didn’t know all the details of what they had talked about that changed Drake’s mind, but responded with the only thing I did know. “Your intentions?”
     
    “That’s right.” He nodded, appearing pleased I remembered the conversation. “That night I told him I would always protect you. Do anything in my power to see you happy and that it was my intention, when the time was right, to bond with you.” He smiled softly, his eyes shining in pure happiness. “I believe the time has come.”
     
    Dear God, he was proposing. I wasn’t expecting this in the least. My heart blossomed. Happiness soared through my body and sent butterflies aflutter. Without hesitation, I grabbed the Guardian who stole every part of my heart and kissed his mouth in answer. He responded immediately with more emotion than I had ever felt from him. This wasn’t about heat or intensity—it was about the love that had evolved between us.
     
    He released my mouth to run light, sweet kisses along my neck. “I’m taking that as a yes.” Amusement filled his voice as his lips created heaven along my skin.
     
    I grasped the sides of his face, drawing his gaze to mine. “Kyden. You say those things, but the truth is those are my words you’re saying.”
     
    His eyes glistened. All that we had been through, all that had gotten us to this point, made everything about this moment mean more than the world itself.
     
    “Álainn,” he whispered before he captured my mouth with his once again.
     
    With our lips connected, our hands worked quickly to remove our gear. Every part of me wanted— needed to feel him. To be connected. My body was warm from emotion and I was ready for him. This wasn’t about passion or about consuming each other with sultry needs, nor was it about arousal. It was the need to