Page 101 of Faking with the Fae King

This is going to beveryinteresting to watch over the next little bit. I might need popcorn.

After dancing to one more song, I bow out with a laugh and head back over to our table just in time to hear Mom say to Severin, “I’m certain that’s how Hannah was conceived.”

Oh, god. My worst nightmare has come to life. Mom’s telling him the washing machine story! Why don’t I have gnome magic? It sure as hell would be amazing if I could getthe ground to open and swallow me whole right about now.

Instead, I clamp a hand onto his shoulder. “It’s time for us to have our first couple’s dance.” Then I wave to Jared, and he starts playing “Made for Me” by Muni Long.

Severin takes me into his arms and whirls me around a suddenly empty dance floor so smoothly I feel like I’m floating.

“I’m sorry about Mom. Was it horrible? I promise she’s not going to be one of those evil mother-in-laws. She uses up all her filter doing the political stuff with Dad, so when she talks to me, everything she’s thinking comes out.”

“It was very informative.”

Ah, shit.

“I think I need to buy several of these human washing machines for our bedroom at the palace.” He smirks. “Your mother makes them sound very appealing.”

“Nah.” I curl my hands around his neck. “The next time we visit the cottage, we can try mine. I’ve got one of the new ones with a very vigorous spin cycle.”

“It’s a date.”

Severin whirls me into a spin, and we move together beautifully. I should have known he’d be an amazing dancer.

The song ends, and another faster one begins. People surge onto the dance floor all around us, but Severin keeps swaying slowly and hypnotically with me. He edges us gradually off to the side and behind the cover of one of the larger rhododendrons. Magic ripples through the air, and he launches us up into the moonlit sky.

“They’ll see!” I gasp.

“I’ve cloaked us in illusion.”

I settle in his arms, feeling his shadows coil around me to hold me more securely. He takes us up a couple of hundred feet, just enough to let Ferndale Falls spread out below us, all twinkling lights and pretty-painted buildings.

“I love you, my wife.” His fingers cup my face as he stares into my eyes. “My precious Hannah. My enchanting little witch. You’re more beautiful than the stars in the sky, warmer than any sun. Before you, I never knew joy or contentment or love. You’ve brought a richness to my life I thought I would always lack. I may not be worthy, but I am yours, and I will be yours forever, showing you every day exactly how precious you are.”

“Severin,” I breathe his name like a prayer. “I love you.”

Floating above our perfect little home, he kisses me until my heart and magic soar to meet his, full of love and hope and life.

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