Hand in Marriage

"I enjoy holding you!" he whispered, and without the mark on her neck, Fiona would have completely discarded it. But knowing that he was bound to her, she knew he couldn't completely be lying.

"Is that all you enjoy doing?" she lightly teased him as she raised her hand to run it through the black curls in his hair. Not surprised to watch the smile on his face grow bigger, closer to a grin.

"Regardless of how much time we have left…I want us to enjoy it!" he suddenly said in a more serious tone as he fixed his gaze on her, even as Fiona stared right back at him, matching the intensity he portrayed.

"I'm nothing but my father's will!" Fiona said, and she meant it. "…my father will use me when I'm useful and discard me when I'm not! Your plan…whatever it may be, will not work!" she told him seriously, almost as if she were trying to show him things he might not have carefully considered.