Page 104 of Beyond the Horizon

You’re the deep ocean, I’m the silvery moon

Two forces pulled together

Now I’m no longer alone

Oh, my love, my love, my love

With you, my heart is full

With you, my soul’s no longer lost.

With you my life’s complete

Be with me, take me. I’m yours

Oh, my love, my love, my love

You stole my heart, don’t run again

There’s no other place I’m willing to be

Without you I’m lost

Together we’re free

Oh, my love, my love, my love

You have sailed thousands of miles

Run from life and suffered loss

Now it’s time to let it all go

Stay with me, be my beau

Oh, my love, my love, my love

With you, my heart is full

With you, my soul’s no longer lost.

With you my life’s complete

Be with me, take me. I’m yours

Oh, my love, my love, my love…

As the song comes to an end I realise that I’m grasping hold of the bar so tight that I fear I might break a bone. Around me the couples cheer and clap. Connie smiles shyly, her long chocolate tresses blowing in the ocean breeze as she stands and places her guitar on the stand beside her feet. She’s wearing a long white dress that cinches in at the waist and flows gently over her hips. Barefoot and beautiful, my Little Siren calls to me.

“Malakai,” she whispers her attention solely on me.

She calls and this time I run to her without fear or caution.

Striding across the soft wooden deck, I pull her into my arms, crushing her against my chest as I breath in her scent of all things that are wild and free. “You’re here,” I murmur, not sure if this is all a dream.

“I came for you,” she replies gently, her voice cracking with emotion as she holds on tight.

The crowd cheers as I lift her into my arms, cradling her lush body against my chest. I need to be inside her. I need to fucking love her with everything that I am.

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