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“I warned you. You should have stayed away,”Daniel said.

“You can’t kill me. You’ve got to let mego.”

“Actually, I don’t have to do anything ofthe sort. I can do whatever the hell I want. You’re in Lost Creeknow, and I don’t think you understand what happens to those thatfuck with us. They getkind of lost.”

Chapter Eleven

Amy pressed the cold peas to herface and nearlywhimpered. That fucker who hit on her at the bar a few weeks agoclearly had an issue with rejection because her face was paying theultimate price. He’d slapped her hard. Thankfully, before he didslap her, she’d gotten in a couple of punches of her own. This madehim angry, which is why she ended up with a guard holding hercaptive, as he then slapped her twice around the face. Her facefucking hurt, like really bad. Stupid asshole.

She didn’t know what was going on out there,but she didn’t need Daniel to tell her that he was a Reaper. Nowshe knew Cyrus, Louis, and Hank were also Reapers.

Seconds passed, maybe even minutes. Shedidn’t look at the time.Finally, she looked up as the kitchen door opened, and Danielstepped through. The door closed behind him, and she watched,waiting with bated breath.

He put his hands on his hips, and neither ofthem said a single word for a couple of minutes. The silence almostsounded deafening, at least to her.

“He’s not going to be a problem to youanymore,” Danielsaid.

“I guess he was the cause of the baddeliveries? The sudden run of bad luck I was having?”

“Yes.”

She nodded her head. “Kind of nice to knowthere is someone responsible.”

Silence fell between them.

“Is this going to be a problem?” Danielasked.

She looked toward him and knew exactlywhat he was talking about. Did she have an issue with him being aReaper? She moved towardhim, and when she was within touching distance, she reached out andput her hands on his chest, sliding them up and circling hisneck.

“Is what going to be a problem?” sheasked. She heard thetales Martha had told, and in the last few weeks she hadexperienced firsthand what it meant to have a Reaper by herside.

“I don’t see any of this being a problem tome, Daniel. In fact, I think there’s something I need to tell you.” She stopped andthen went onto her tiptoes to press a kiss to his lips. She pulledaway, cupped his face, and stared into his blue eyes. Eyes she knewshe could easily get lost in. “I love you. I know we didn’t promiseanything of each other, but I have loved you for a long time,Daniel Long, and I know I’m going to keep loving you.”

He slammed his lips down on hers, kissingher. Sinking his fingers into her hair, he held onto her tightly,and Amy wanted to be taken.

She didn’t care about what happened outthere. The moment that man and his goons had stepped into her café,she’d been terrified and angry. Mostly terrified, but now she hadDaniel, and she loved that he was a Reaper. Not only did he protectthe town, he also protected her. And she loved him with allher might.

Suddenly, he pulled away and sunk down ontoone knee before her.

“Daniel?”

“I was going to do this later tonight, butI don’t see a reason to wait.” He held a square velvet box within his grasp. “AmyFlynn, you are the love of my life, the woman I’ve been searchingfor, and there is no one else I want. I cannot guarantee you aperfect marriage, but I can guarantee I will work tirelessly tomake you happy. All I want is you by my side for the rest of ourlives. Will you please do me the honor of becoming mywife?”

“Yes.”

There was no hesitation.

“Also, I love you too,” Daniel said. “I’veloved you for a long time.”

He took the ring out of the box, and Amyrecognized it. It wasone her mother had, and now it decorated her finger. She looked atit, and then at Daniel, taken aback.

“Yeah, your grandmother gave this to me.Told me to give it to you when the time came. Didn’t quite know what she meant, but now Ido. She knew I loved you, even back then.”

Amy couldn’t believe how her night had gonefrom potentially being one of the worst to the best yet. She knewin years to come this night would be changed. There would be norejected bastard, no Reapers, no damsel in distress.

It would just be her and Daniel.

Epilogue

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