Page 237 of Allegiance

Her children would be safe.

She could trust them with these people.

As she stopped in front of him, he gave her a kiss, and then Violet one on the forehead.

“My girls,” he said, softly, and it made the tears slip from Violet’s lashes and down her cheek.

She was finally someone’s too.

Violet had two parents who would keep her safe. She was claimed.

As the music was stopped, the judge did what he’d been paid to do by Mikey O’.

He did a wedding.

QUICKLY.

“Tonight, we gather to join Dakota Rakin and Evelyn Knight in marriage.”

Dakota grinned.

Evelyn?

He loved learning new things about her. This was going to be an adventure and nothing like his first marriage.

“I’m going to assume you both want to keep this short and simple,” he said.

“I do,” Dakota admitted.

Eve laughed.

“I do too.”

He winked at her.

“Well, then, give your partner your vows.”

Eve went first.

“I promise to listen, respect, and believe in your ability to keep your family safe. I vow to only love you, and to always remember what it was like not having you in my life. I promise that I will love you forever, and be the wife who stands by you, and occasionally saves your ass from trouble.”

The judge blinked.

All around them, the whole family laughed because truer words had never been said.

Going forward, someone had her work cut out for her.

That was for sure.

“I promise to be the mother of our children and to never forget that love is precious, and hard to find. I love you, Cowboy, and I always will.”

His heart skipped.

Then, it skipped even more when she held up a ring.

He laughed because apparently, his thief of a sister, Jinx, had done the same thing that her husband had. They were hooking both of them up.

Dakota wanted the ring on his finger in the worst way. He held out his hand, glad to have a ring back on it, and even happier that it was hers.

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