Undeniable Claim

"You'll be mine sooner or later," she said lightly. "So why not let the world know a little early?"

The certainty in her smile blazed like sunlight on fresh snow—dazzling, impossible to doubt.

Killian felt his heartbeat stutter, and for a breath, he couldn't look away from her shining face.

He kept testing the depth of her affection, each probe laced with anxious hope.

He feared even the faintest