#Chapter 80 Betrothed

Dominic “Yes.” I had never been more scared in my life than when I was waiting for her reply. “Of course, what do you mean, yes—“ My arms reached around her and as I stood I lifted her up off the ground. Staggering legs settled into a gentle sway, turning in a slow circle in the middle of the room. Her heart was beating hard against my chest, and I felt my body sync with hers. I felt her reach out through our mental link, opening her subconscious like a flower blooming after rain. Her returning recharged me, and I felt the full scale of the void she left when she came back to fill it again. “I missed you.” “I missed you too, my love.” Her response was followed by a long sigh, and she let herself slither out of my arms to put her feet back on the floor. She kept her hands on my forearms, holding them so my hands would stay on her waist. I had no plans to move them. I bent down to plant a kiss on the top of her head, on her crown. She had taught me about the crown c